Poem
Luis Vidales
THE THEORY OF DOORS
I am someone who is fond of scientific investigations. Recently I’ve discovered a theory ofequilibrium.
Before all the scientists in the world I present here my theory of equilibrium.
When a door opens, the equidistant door, on the other side of the world, inevitably closes.
It is because of this – and we all have seen it – that doors suddenly close by themselves.
The day on which all doors opened at once, the world would be full of holes and the wind
would go into them and it would take the earth to the limitless spaces . . .
© Translation: 2004, Nicolás Suescún
Teoría de las puertas
Teoría de las puertas
Soy alguien dado a investigaciones científicas. Últimamente he descubierto una teoría delequilibrio.
Ante todos los sabios del mundo yo siento mi teoría de equilibrio.
Cuando una puerta se abre, la puerta equidistante, al otro lado del mundo, se cierra
irremisiblemente.
Por esto – y todos lo hemos visto– de golpe, las puertas se cierran solas.
El día que todas las puertas se abrieran de una vez, el mundo quedaría lleno de huecos y el
viento se entraría en ellos y se llevaría la tierra por los espacios ilímites . . .
© 1976, Luis Vidales
From: Suenan timbres
Publisher: Biblioteca Colombiana de Cultura, Bogotá
From: Suenan timbres
Publisher: Biblioteca Colombiana de Cultura, Bogotá
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THE THEORY OF DOORS
I am someone who is fond of scientific investigations. Recently I’ve discovered a theory ofequilibrium.
Before all the scientists in the world I present here my theory of equilibrium.
When a door opens, the equidistant door, on the other side of the world, inevitably closes.
It is because of this – and we all have seen it – that doors suddenly close by themselves.
The day on which all doors opened at once, the world would be full of holes and the wind
would go into them and it would take the earth to the limitless spaces . . .
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
From: Suenan timbres
From: Suenan timbres
THE THEORY OF DOORS
I am someone who is fond of scientific investigations. Recently I’ve discovered a theory ofequilibrium.
Before all the scientists in the world I present here my theory of equilibrium.
When a door opens, the equidistant door, on the other side of the world, inevitably closes.
It is because of this – and we all have seen it – that doors suddenly close by themselves.
The day on which all doors opened at once, the world would be full of holes and the wind
would go into them and it would take the earth to the limitless spaces . . .
© 2004, Nicolás Suescún
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