Viejo sol, por favor | Please, Old Sun
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He aquí una revisión de uno de los primeros poemas que intenté escribir en
español hace unos años. Hoy hace suficiente calor como para arreglarlo y
publica...
Showing posts with label sleeping with the dog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sleeping with the dog. Show all posts
Sunday, June 6, 2010
The Menace of Everyday Things
I fall asleep.
I dream.
I am driving along a winding country road.
Very fast.
I can't quite see clearly, and so I drive still faster.
Suddenly the fear of death grips me, a thrill or rumble in my belly, and Bathsheba, who has been snoozing on the couch with me, jumps up to bark at a phantom.
No one is at the door.
Rain rattles against the windows.
I am awake again.
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