Originally in paper, via ZSG

Making Ugly

This was a beautiful blank page
This was a beautiful blank book
But now I’ve christened it in lead,
I’ve drowned all of its hope for beauty
At the bequest of a pencil,
Out of fear,
Out of fear.

Leaden fear.

But nothing unwilling
Was ever heard from
The white
or, rather, yellow
blank leaf of white
that opens, unfolds
for me to taint
the thought of whiteness
for eternity, to call
such omnicoloric
presence
a bore.

Shrew

Musaraña

Que pienso de ti, si
En el fondo, "Sé,"
dices, y crees saber,
"que en el fondo
quiero creer
que alguna vez
me va a querer,
que va a querer creer
que me quiere querer..."

O algo así fue,
Fue lo que entendí.

memorias de autosuficiencia

Cuando maravilla fui
No, ni entonces me sentí
Que pertenecía a la
Madre Patria. Madre, la
Que hijas nos llamaba,
Madre Patria, sonaba
incongruente, a un
océano, a un charco;
Regina, también Rex,
Mi taita y mama, una
Sombra tamaño Sol

Y maravilla fui,
Ni entonces pertenecí.

Untimely Ear

One day, I won't call again.
I won't call, believe me love;
You young fool, you tried,
You thought you'd do and then
You'd walk away; touch people,
Claim some cash and walk.
That was the plan.

I can see you grow
I can see you're old
Living a lie is not easy
Not even for thin pretty things.

Get tits,
And a nose;
Someday you'll smell
Some fool bent on
Singing a lie;
Swing that way
Grow fat then

(that's my advice)