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    I Would Steal a Car for You

    I may be sixty-two, but I wish I could steal a car for you. The post I Would Steal a Car for You appeared first on Guernica.
    by Martín Espada Oct 25, 2019 1 minute
    Illustration: Somnath Bhatt.

    Papo stole a car so he wouldn’t be late for school, the first bell and the last chapter of the book you taught in English class. He wanted to know how the in handcuffs and jail, his gold star attendance record ruined.

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