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A poem
The Belltower
After Campanario, Jose Melendez Contreras, 1960
It is alarm—this panic of
sparrows loosed from
the belltower, the night air
come to life. They
cannot settle, not while
you're here. The bell
like a stone, the dome
a heart, the birds ringing
over the rooftops, someone
somewhere, waiting for you.
First appeared in The Account (2025) ↗.