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álgebra crepuscular

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Aquella loca sostenía un pedazo de tiza

y dibujaba equis en la espalda de las parejas:

pero ellos y ellas se alejaban

cogidos de la mano

y no se enteraban de nada.

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Era invierno. Noche temprana.

No se podía ver su rostro.

Iba y venía como un cuervo,

como movida por el viento,

envuelta en mil harapos, furtiva.

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Un niño debió de darle la tiza.

Lo buscamos entre la multitud

esperando encontrar

a un chico pálido, muy serio,

con un trozo de pizarra negra en el bolsillo.

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Early Evening Algebra
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The madwoman went marking X’s


With a piece of school chalk


On the backs of unsuspecting


Hand-holding, homebound couples.

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It was winter. It was dark already.


One could not see her face


Bundled up as she was and furtive.


She went as if wind-swept, as if crow-winged.

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The chalk must have been given to her by a child.


One kept looking for him in the crowd,


Expecting him to be very pale, very serious,


With a chip of black slate in his pocket.

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Charles Simic
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Álgebra crepuscular

Desmontando el silencio

Edición bilingüe

Editorial 4 estaciones

Córdoba 2004

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