Alberto Álvaro Ríos is the author of numerous poetry collections, including A Small Story about the Sky; three short story collections; and a memoir, Capirotada, which received the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, as well as six Pushcart Prizes in poetry and fiction. His poetry collection The Theater of Night won the 2007 PEN/ Beyond Margins Award. Ríos is Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University.

The Dangerous Shirt

by Alberto Álvaro Ríos

The shirt in my closet is dangerous.
I shouldn’t have ironed it.

Because I have, I will put it on.
If I put it on, I will be dressed.
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