Defecto socioeconómico

Javier Etchevarren

Por defecto socioeconómico

nunca podré olvidar

aquella tarde excepcional

en la que mi madre pudo comprarme alfajores.

Fueron un manjar y pocas veces fui

tan feliz.

Hoy en día,

pocas veces soy tan feliz

como esas veces que logro comer

con el mismo apetito

de aquella tarde excepcional.

Socioeconomic Defect

translated by Jesse Lee Kercheval

Because of a socioeconomic defect,

I can never forget

that extraordinary afternoon

when my mother was able to buy me Oreos.

They were a feast and only a few times was I

that happy.

Now

I am seldom that happy

except those times when I am able to eat

with the same appetite

as that extraordinary afternoon.

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