Poem
Julio Carrasco
Small romantic improvisation
Nervousness made be bite the nail of my left ring fingerthe last time I was practicing the repertoire for my piano exam
I went on playing without noticing I was bleeding
and three or four keys of the low notes got stained
My blood on the piano I said to myself
It took around five minutes for me to come back to reality
This happened a few days ago, I remembered it because
just yesterday, while I was hurrying to photocopy the forms
for a competition that was about to expire
I stapled my thumb without realising
I got confused when I saw the forms
stained with blood on the table
and I felt I should write about the time
when I fell into a reverie
looking at the piano keys
stained with my blood.
© Translation: 2013, William Rowe; Julio Carrasco
Pequeña improvisación romántica
Pequeña improvisación romántica
El nerviosismo me hizo comerme la uña del anular izquierdomientras revisaba por última vez el repertorio de mi examen de piano
Seguí tocando sin percatarme de que sangraba
y se mancharon tres o cuatro teclas del registro grave
Mi sangre sobre el piano me dije
Demoré unos cinco minutos en volver a la realidad
Esto sucedió hace algunos años, lo recordé porque
justo ayer, mientras fotocopiaba a la carrera los formularios
de un concurso de proyectos a punto de expirar
me corcheteé el pulgar sin darme cuenta
Caí en un lapsus al ver las páginas de los formularios
manchadas con sangre sobre la mesa de recepción
y sentí que debía escribir sobre aquella vez
cuando quedé ensimismado
mirando las teclas de un piano
manchadas con mi sangre.
© 2014, Julio Carrasco
From: Elogio de los reptiles
Publisher: Ediciones Tácitas, Santiago de Chile
From: Elogio de los reptiles
Publisher: Ediciones Tácitas, Santiago de Chile
Poems
Poems of Julio Carrasco
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Small romantic improvisation
Nervousness made be bite the nail of my left ring fingerthe last time I was practicing the repertoire for my piano exam
I went on playing without noticing I was bleeding
and three or four keys of the low notes got stained
My blood on the piano I said to myself
It took around five minutes for me to come back to reality
This happened a few days ago, I remembered it because
just yesterday, while I was hurrying to photocopy the forms
for a competition that was about to expire
I stapled my thumb without realising
I got confused when I saw the forms
stained with blood on the table
and I felt I should write about the time
when I fell into a reverie
looking at the piano keys
stained with my blood.
© 2013, William Rowe; Julio Carrasco
From: Elogio de los reptiles
From: Elogio de los reptiles
Small romantic improvisation
Nervousness made be bite the nail of my left ring fingerthe last time I was practicing the repertoire for my piano exam
I went on playing without noticing I was bleeding
and three or four keys of the low notes got stained
My blood on the piano I said to myself
It took around five minutes for me to come back to reality
This happened a few days ago, I remembered it because
just yesterday, while I was hurrying to photocopy the forms
for a competition that was about to expire
I stapled my thumb without realising
I got confused when I saw the forms
stained with blood on the table
and I felt I should write about the time
when I fell into a reverie
looking at the piano keys
stained with my blood.
© 2013, William Rowe; Julio Carrasco
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