Río

Ivana Aponte

río hoy

río para dejarlo hasta mañana

río Amazonas

río Nilo

río por la geografía

río de sirenas lejanas

río por la cera en los oídos

río de gente

río de caras de raja

río, payaso

río de letanías

río de mantras

río de oraciones

río como loca

río de pastillas de fluoxetina

río de alegría

río de lágrimas

río de lugares comunes

río del menos común de los sentidos

río de mocos en el pañuelo

río de animales atropellados

río con doble acento

rio

río en presente del indicativo

río, si rieras …

reí, rey

ría

ríe, Heráclito

ríete, chico

río de música, mi sol

río de tranvías, altazores y aullidos

río con palabras

río de poesía

río (in)transitivo

río con los dientes rotos

río de barro

río de besos

río hasta el orgasmo

río de remolinos

río por la montaña

río de ojos de avellana

río hasta para por con sin de

río de Caronte

río de memoria

río porque sí

ríoríoríorío

¡ríooooo, carajo!

Río y lloro

Río y vivo

Río y sangre

Río, amor

río de golpe

río hasta la muerte

río hasta la desembocadura

Laughter as River

translated by David M. Brunson

my laughter flows today

my laughter flows, leaving everything until tomorrow

my laughter flows like the Amazon

my laughter flows like the Nile

my laughter flows across our geography

my laughter flows from the distant Sirens

my laughter flows through the wax we stuffed into our ears

my laughter flows through my people

my laughter shamelessly flows

my laughter flows, you clowns

my laughter flows with litanies

my laughter flows with mantras

my laughter flows with prayers

my laughter crazily flows

my laughter flows with fluoxetine pills

my laughter flows with happiness

my laughter flows with tears

my laughter flows with platitudes

my laughter flows with the most uncommon of sense

my laughter flows with snot in a handkerchief

my laughter flows with roadkill

my laughter flows through two languages

my laughter flowed

my laughter flows again in the present tense

my laughter flows if yours does

let your laughter flow, darling

let it flow

let your laughter flow, Heraclitus

let it flow, man

let your laughter flow with music, my love

my laughter flows with streetcars, parachutes, and howls

my laughter flows with words

my laughter flows with poetry

my laughter flows (in)transitively

my laughter flows with broken teeth

my laughter flows with mud

my laughter flows with kisses

my laughter flows and swirls

my laughter flows until orgasm

my laughter flows through the mountain

my laughter flows with hazel eyes

my laughter flows until for by of with without

my laughter flows with Charon

my laughter flows with memory

my laughter flows just for the hell of it

my laughter flowsflowsflowsflows

my laughter flooooows goddammit!

my laughter flows and I cry

my laughter flows and I live

my laughter flows with water and blood

my laughter flows with yours, my love

my laughter suddenly flows

my laughter flows until death

my laughter flows until the mouth of the river

 

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