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By
Alejandro Escudé
Endings
For Anthony Bourdain
I tell Siri to remind
me at 12:00 pm.
She says, “Okay, what do you want me to remind you about?”
I say, “Write Anthony Bourdain poem.”
And she says, “Okay, I’ll remind you.”
But she writes, “Anthony Bourdain pome.”
And the spelling of poem as pome
makes me feel alone,
as if I’m in a hotel room far away
from myself. Maybe in France.
Alejandro Escudé
Alejandro Escudé’s first book of poems, My Earthbound Eye, was published in September 2013. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from UC Davis and teaches English. Originally from Argentina, Alejandro lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.