Poetics / Poética

 35mm B/W film roll forgotten in the pocket of a jacket for a few years.


POETICS

Even blood is forgotten

if you wash carefully

your hands


-----------------------------------------// Orignal version below //


POÉTICA

Hasta la sangre se olvida

si te lavas con cuidado

las manos.


[De HOMBRES EN SILENCIO, MUJERES SIN MAQUILLAJE, ed. Baile de Sol, 2015] 

sobre este libro: CRITICA- La Biblioteca de Alonso Quijano

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