Poem
Gabriel Jaime Franco
THE MEMORABLE EARTH (FRAGMENT VIII)
I am this man.Or that one. Yes: I is another. I am a Chinaman, a Canary Islander, an Irishman.
I is another. Anyone. Even the face is the same, if you think hard about it.
Mine is the fear of a man. Of any man. I have put on his pyjamas, tonight. I shall put on
his wife.
Fear of oneself. Of being this or that. Of being swept along by the waters. Of not being
swept along and of having time then for myself and for looking at myself in the mirror.
I am a Chinese, a Canary Islander, an Irishman. And I am afraid.
Maybe the mirror will shatter when I stop.
I will cross the vision of the miracle of the living like a small star getting near a
black hole:
I shall be a Chinese, a Canary Islander or an Irishman
under the memorable earth.
© Translation: 2004, Nicolás Suescún
La tierra memorable (fragmento VIII)
La tierra memorable (fragmento VIII)
Soy este hombre.O aquel. Sí: yo es otro. Soy un chino, un canario, un irlandés.
Yo es otro. Cualquiera. Hasta el rostro es el mismo, si se mira bien.
Es mío el miedo de un hombre. Cualquiera. Me he puesto su pijama, esta noche. Me pondré
su mujer.
Miedo de sí. De ser esto o lo otro. De ser arrastrado por las aguas. De no ser arrastrado y
tener entonces tiempo para mí y mirarme en mi espejo.
Soy un chino, un canario, un irlandés. Y tengo miedo.
Quizás trice el espejo cuando me detenga.
Cruzaré por la visión del milagro de lo vivo como un pequeño astro que se acerca a un
hueco negro:
seré un chino, un canario o un irlandés
bajo la tierra memorable.
© 2004, Gabriel Jaime Franco
From: La tierra memorable
Publisher: Unpublished, Medellín
From: La tierra memorable
Publisher: Unpublished, Medellín
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THE MEMORABLE EARTH (FRAGMENT VIII)
I am this man.Or that one. Yes: I is another. I am a Chinaman, a Canary Islander, an Irishman.
I is another. Anyone. Even the face is the same, if you think hard about it.
Mine is the fear of a man. Of any man. I have put on his pyjamas, tonight. I shall put on
his wife.
Fear of oneself. Of being this or that. Of being swept along by the waters. Of not being
swept along and of having time then for myself and for looking at myself in the mirror.
I am a Chinese, a Canary Islander, an Irishman. And I am afraid.
Maybe the mirror will shatter when I stop.
I will cross the vision of the miracle of the living like a small star getting near a
black hole:
I shall be a Chinese, a Canary Islander or an Irishman
under the memorable earth.
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
From: La tierra memorable
From: La tierra memorable
THE MEMORABLE EARTH (FRAGMENT VIII)
I am this man.Or that one. Yes: I is another. I am a Chinaman, a Canary Islander, an Irishman.
I is another. Anyone. Even the face is the same, if you think hard about it.
Mine is the fear of a man. Of any man. I have put on his pyjamas, tonight. I shall put on
his wife.
Fear of oneself. Of being this or that. Of being swept along by the waters. Of not being
swept along and of having time then for myself and for looking at myself in the mirror.
I am a Chinese, a Canary Islander, an Irishman. And I am afraid.
Maybe the mirror will shatter when I stop.
I will cross the vision of the miracle of the living like a small star getting near a
black hole:
I shall be a Chinese, a Canary Islander or an Irishman
under the memorable earth.
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
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