Poem
Jotamario Arbeláez
CHINESE VENGEANCE
The secret agents that pursued me are now in the same prison where
they planned to consign me
The girlfriends who abandoned me are now married with ragamuffins
The executives that rejected my job applications have seen their
companies go bankrupt
The real estate agency that aspired to throw an eviction order at me
was closed up by the government
The fop who deflowered my sister in a pool drowned himself in a river
The teachers who made me flunk my senior year were green with envy
when they read, in the small thickly bound book published in Paris,
under the letter “A”:
© Translation: 2006, Nicolás Suescún
VENGANZA CHINA
VENGANZA CHINA
Los agentes secretos que me perseguían están ahora en las mismas
cárceles donde pensaban guardarme
Las novias que me abandonaron está casadas con zarrapastrosos
Los empresarios que vetaron my solicitud de empleo han visto
quebrar sus negocios
La agencia de arrendamiento que pretendió entablarme juicio de
lanzamiento fue cerrada por el gobierno
El pisaverde que perjudicó a mi hermanita se ahogó en Juanchaco
Los profesores que me hicieron perder el bachillerato se han puesto
verdes
leyendo, en el pequeño libro de pastas gruesas editado en París, en la
letra A:
© 1995, Jota Mario Arbeláez
From: La casa de memoria
Publisher: Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá
From: La casa de memoria
Publisher: Ministerio de Cultura, Bogotá
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CHINESE VENGEANCE
The secret agents that pursued me are now in the same prison where
they planned to consign me
The girlfriends who abandoned me are now married with ragamuffins
The executives that rejected my job applications have seen their
companies go bankrupt
The real estate agency that aspired to throw an eviction order at me
was closed up by the government
The fop who deflowered my sister in a pool drowned himself in a river
The teachers who made me flunk my senior year were green with envy
when they read, in the small thickly bound book published in Paris,
under the letter “A”:
© 2006, Nicolás Suescún
From: La casa de memoria
From: La casa de memoria
CHINESE VENGEANCE
The secret agents that pursued me are now in the same prison where
they planned to consign me
The girlfriends who abandoned me are now married with ragamuffins
The executives that rejected my job applications have seen their
companies go bankrupt
The real estate agency that aspired to throw an eviction order at me
was closed up by the government
The fop who deflowered my sister in a pool drowned himself in a river
The teachers who made me flunk my senior year were green with envy
when they read, in the small thickly bound book published in Paris,
under the letter “A”:
© 2006, Nicolás Suescún
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