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  • The American Poetry Review

    FOUR POEMS

    Nov 01, 2021 2 minutes
    CYNTHIA CRUZ

    Hotel Belgrade

    (Residue, cellophane, liquid amber, pearl resin on cardboard)

    Platinum blonde, with white
    boxes of Russian
    chocolates.

    Silver liquid glitter,
    lemon candle, crimson
    leather 1970 Mercedes
    sedan interior.

    Gum drops, fox fur, cream
    blouse with gold specks
    and tiny orange embroidered-
    flourishes.

    Royal blue child-size suitcasecrammed with bookson the Death Driveand Hegel’s dialectics.

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