by Claudia Excaret Santos

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T^[1]h^[2]i^[3]s^[4]   r^[5]e^[6]l^[7]a^[8]tionship

^[1] We do love each other

^[2] “Every memory is a survivor” excerpt from a book you bought for me

^[3] You will be amazed at how efficient I am ripping off all we have built

^[4] We are better than my words

^[5] The main difference between you and past love is that that was not love

^[6] All my dreams of you are nightmares

^[7] I can happy cry just thinking about you (if I try really hard)

^[8] The liquids we’ve shared: the sea and ours

Claudia Excaret Santos is a Mexican poet and literary translator. Her poetry has been published in many printed and online international magazines. Most recently, her poem “Women Who Crossed” appeared in Strange Horizons. She was awarded two funded poetry residencies: the Community of Writers in Olympic Valley and the HVWC Writer’s Residency in New York.