Look Not to Memories
wear your colors
like a present person
today is
here & now
let the innocent past
be
in dignity:
broken wing
wilted lily
shroud
don’t look back
the goodbook
advises
lest you become
a pillar of salt
…and I’m a fool
for not discarding
my worn-out
bags of guilt
by Angela de Hoyos
from After Atzlan, Latino Poets of the Nineties
publisher David R. Godine, Boston