“Once a man offered me his heart and I said no. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because he was a beast or white – I couldn’t love him. Do you understand? In bed while we slept, our bodies inches apart, the dark between our flesh a wick. It was burning down. And he couldn’t feel it.”

“Once a man offered me his heart and I said no. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because he was a beast or white – I couldn’t love him. Do you understand? In bed while we slept, our bodies inches apart, the dark between our flesh a wick. It was burning down. And he couldn’t feel it.”

— Eduardo C. Corral