* The carpentry
The carpentry smelt of trees and incense.
My father spread white Vinavil in grooves,
inserted steel nails with two short, intense blows.
I imitated him, little hammer,
between my hands, his tools in miniature…
I dreamt about the Trojan horse.
Then in the evening
I hid myself among sawdust:
"There is no safer place in the world", he said,
with open arms.
Nowadays I take no cover
but in his eyes (in the calm before the storm);
piece by piece I tidy up our carpentry.
* We grow old
We grow old in people’s eyes
or when, opening a wardrobe,
the mirror takes us by surprise.
We grow old, half-plunged
in our rivers seeing portraits reflected
when images flow among
a thousand folds; we grow old
in twisted reflections
of cutlery and glasses.
* Upon this paper
Upon this paper my life is written,
a tree doubled over in pain.
The red ink flows over the skin,
full stops and commas
are hair and stars: eyes of sea
left on ships, destroyed houses,
rusting girders.
This paper is as black as the storm,
destroyed villages where there is no fiesta.
This paper burns as reason does,
lightning in the sky flashes in its millions.
This paper is a sky where there is no God,
this paper is alone… this paper does not fly…
this paper… it is I.
* The infinite is inside our eyes
The infinite is inside our eyes;
not outside, not in the things of this world,
but in their shadows.
Night, Death, Blinking,
take us through the universe again,
out of time.
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