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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).