This poem is taken from PN Review 270, Volume 49 Number 4, March - April 2023.
Six Poems
1. To Get to Puebla
So many years without knowing how to get to Puebla,
which junction of which artery you have to take
to get to Puebla,
only two hours distant!
People go to Puebla and return
the same day,
I myself have been to Puebla
(who hasn’t been to Puebla?)
and so many years without knowing how to get there!
Show me how to get to Puebla,
which is two hours distant,
and to believe in God,
who is so close that He can be reached
and returned from the same day.
I myself have believed in God
(who hasn’t believed in God?)
...
So many years without knowing how to get to Puebla,
which junction of which artery you have to take
to get to Puebla,
only two hours distant!
People go to Puebla and return
the same day,
I myself have been to Puebla
(who hasn’t been to Puebla?)
and so many years without knowing how to get there!
Show me how to get to Puebla,
which is two hours distant,
and to believe in God,
who is so close that He can be reached
and returned from the same day.
I myself have believed in God
(who hasn’t believed in God?)
...
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