8.23.2011

Underwater paper dream


A letter that ended up underwater.
A paper plane with a retired dream.
The time I thought a fish could cry.
The acid you took that fell asleep.
The one-tooth fork haunting the knife’s bad dreams.
And the side effects of aspirin.

That’s the only thing I’ll keep.

5 comments:

  1. Anonymous15/1/12 02:58

    You´re like a petrichor

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  2. That's deeply and anonymously flattering

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  3. Anonymous23/1/12 08:00

    I'm sorry if I was flippant when I wrote that phrase. your text just reminded me, the rhythm, music and smell of rain water and the moisture melted melancholy that precedes it. I won´t intended to be one of, that I guess a long list of flattering admirers. I didn't want offend in any way your words or You.

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  4. No offense taken, but on the contrary. I thank you for the comment, it made me reconsider something I had left behind long time ago. I think it's beautiful if something can ever remind you such beautiful things. Thank you.

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  5. "¡Ah!, ese día
    abriremos los brazos
    sin temer que el instinto nos muerda los garrones,
    ni recelar de todo,
    hasta de nuestra sombra;
    y seremos capaces de acercarnos al pasto,
    a la noche,
    a los ríos,
    sin rubor,
    mansamente,
    con las pupilas claras,
    con las manos tranquilas;
    y usaremos palabras sustanciosas,
    auténticas;
    no como esos vocablos erizados de inquina
    que babean las hienas al instarnos al odio,
    ni aquellos que se asfixian
    en estrofas de almíbar
    y fustigada clara de huevo corrompido;
    sino palabras simples,
    de arroyo,
    de raíces,
    que en vez de separarnos
    nos acerquen un poco... "

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