emergency I

what aspect of absence

the key removed in order to leave home as if
walls in their place
you have to step on the ground today is a day
i remember that skin covers your whole body
what is the star called

or what remains

the memory of the insomnia of actresses
a leftover of indifference that allows movement
an example of disgust over gestures

wind
beauty of the complex

pencil write on air
the word paper

Translated by Curtis Bauer
“emergency” is from Temperatura voz [Voice Temperature] (Barcelona, Pre-Textos, 2010).

You can read and listen to the poem in the original Spanish here.