Sunday, October 10
De BOAT PEOPLE
1.
boat people
carnes trituradas
tiburón de ónix
pelícano en su salsa
en su volantín de alas y cristal
cactus bebido
muérdago de espina
cuerpos hinchados como moluscos
buscando en el fondo del mar
el cielo
de la boca
que es su vientre.
(Mayra Santos-Febres)
From BOAT PEOPLE
1.
boat people
mangled bodies
onyx shark
a pelican in their sauce
in their winged and crystal kite
cactus drink
thorny mistletoe
bodies swollen like mollusks
searching in the ocean’s deep
for the sky
of the mouth
that’s their belly.
(Translation by Vanessa Pérez-Rosario)