notes

Sonnet 36

by Leo Boix

The year after I arrived in England, I became a newsboy.

I had to deliver a Latin American newspaper to London’s

Latino restaurants, kiosks and salsa clubs: there was no joy

in that enterprise, and I was happy when it was done.

The van driver was a man from Colombia called Juan,

who was very religious, went to the Charismatic Church... See more

o’erworn

But never am I able to exorcise the spirit of the blob entirely.