“Ariel” — A poem about backpacking Guatemala
Written 8/23/25 after a season spent backpacking Guatemala Note: Drafted on my ex-boyfriend’s birthday, a Dreamer. He paid for our third-date drinks with his Ecuadorian passport: 8 years old in the picture. He married the next girl he dated—the clean-up woman—for certainty. I wonder if they’re still together. He described his constant fear of discovery,…