SOMETIMES

sometimes i want to jump

and live in the jungle of Lam

not in this one, where only matters

yes you wear Nike or the land of some town

hidden in the nails.

 

sometimes the look is confused

with a cinematographer

and no one answers.

you shout:

lights, camera, blackout.

you know that next friday’s news

They posted it yesterday.

 

sometimes you light a match and run.

is your island

even if I breathe through a monitor

though the rust from the can opener

with which you record the streets, I make you sick

you keep yelling:

 

English Translation by Leidy Díaz Hevia

 

 

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