Alla Vilnyanskaya

#2666

          For Robert Bolaño

When you spend most of your time
reading about senseless murder
is this how it feels:
first surprised
then intrigued?

Finally, droning through the pages
you begin to question
the author’s intentions

The victim has been choked
hyoid bone broken
5ft seven, hair: blond eyes: hazel
her checkered skirt
rolled above the knees

In her rectum
they find semen
at this point
a numb sensation takes over

Nothing,
at the bottom of evil

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