Wednesday, December 9, 2009

A lo que vino antes:
cae puro dolor del cielo
A lo que viene ahora:
hinca tu piel de hueso en mi hombro
reclama el arroyo como tuyo
perturbadas las grietas hendidas en la roca

tanto da
acabar
el trabajo
o no.


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To what came before:
pure pain falls from above
To what comes now:
sink your skin made of bone into my shoulder
claim the stream as yours
disturbed the cracks in the rocks

it makes no diference
whether you finish
the job
or not.