Larry Rios is on his way to buy to milk, instant coffee and a few knickknacks when “I Could Die for You” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers comes on. Thirty seconds into the song he decides its opening lyrics are the most tender he’s ever heard. Something inside the cards / I know is right / Don't want to live / somebody else's life. Somewhere in the horizon Anthony Kiedis is hurting bad. The pain of longing never fully fades. The thing about Kierkegaardian anguish is you can’t put it into words. It’s only meant to happen to you. Live inside you forever.
Alex Z. Salinas lives in San Antonio, Texas. He is the author of WARBLES, a full-length poetry collection from Hekate Publishing (2019), and Dreamt, a limited-edition chapbook from Analog Submission Press (2020). His poems, short fiction and op-eds have appeared in various print and electronic publications, and he serves as poetry editor for the San Antonio Review. He holds an M.A. in English Literature and Language from St. Mary’s University.
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