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Gabriel Jaime Franco

THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT XII)

And the place was the moving on,

the cleavage of each possible voice

the poor finding of oneself


We lacked dignity and had plenty of hair.

There was no appeased place,

and no meeting place.


“And yet, under the chains
of an irritated hopelessness,
the demand of love never ends”

Las voces escindidas (fragmento XII)

Las voces escindidas (fragmento XII)

Y el sitio fueron la mudanza,

la escisión de cada voz posible

el pobre hallazgo del sí mismo


Nos faltó altura y nos sobraron pelos.

No hubo lugar aplacado,

ni sitio de reunión.  


“Y sin embargo, bajo las cadenas
de irritada desesperanza,
la exigencia de amor jamás concluye”
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THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT XII)

And the place was the moving on,

the cleavage of each possible voice

the poor finding of oneself


We lacked dignity and had plenty of hair.

There was no appeased place,

and no meeting place.


“And yet, under the chains
of an irritated hopelessness,
the demand of love never ends”

THE CLEFT VOICES (FRAGMENT XII)

And the place was the moving on,

the cleavage of each possible voice

the poor finding of oneself


We lacked dignity and had plenty of hair.

There was no appeased place,

and no meeting place.


“And yet, under the chains
of an irritated hopelessness,
the demand of love never ends”
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