SUN-DRENCHED / BAÑADO POR EL SOL
I drink something strange, it tastes good
I don't care about the price of happiness
I keep drinking-drinking-something-strange
it's hot as if it were today
and I think maybe it is today
as I swing my clumsy arms
among hundreds of sunny blocks;
trains go by, dodge me
it's all too hard for them,
they keep rattling fast, silent
swimming in a dream of worn out colors.
I think I'm getting my bearings,
I can still see the star shot to God, I say to myself.
tasting every gasp like a last breath
as I try to move with poise
among sixty kilos of purity
that just started this Monday
for the
first time.
It's good to look for something forbidden when it's hot,
the sky all around, buildings that play with the sun
while we let the world go on without us
and I say to myself, let's get on with it
I say to myself, let's play
maybe it's today,
maybe it's today.
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Bebo algo extraño, sabe bien
no me importa el precio de la felicidad
sigo bebiendo-bebiendo-algo-extraño
hace calor como si fuera hoy
y pienso que quizás sea hoy
mientras balanceo mis torpes brazos
entre cientos de manzanas soleadas;
pasan trenes, me esquivan
es todo demasiado difícil para ellos,
siguen traqueteando rápidos, silenciosos
nadando en un sueño de colores gastados.
Creo que estoy consiguiendo orientarme,
aún se ve la estrella disparada a Dios, me
digo
saboreando cada jadeo como un último aliento
mientras intento moverme con prestancia
entre sesenta kilos de pureza
que recién empiezan este lunes
por primera vez.
Es bueno buscar algo prohibido cuando hace
calor,
el cielo alrededor, edificios que juegan con
el sol
mientras dejamos que el mundo siga sin
nosotros
y me digo, sigamos con esto
me digo, juguemos
puede que sea hoy,
quizás sea hoy.
*This poem, with some minor changes and a different title, appeared for the first time in my first book Resistir al presente ("Resisting the present") Ed. Littera Libros 2007
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