WITH WINGS OF FIRE UNTIL THE EXTERMINATION

I want to sing everywhere
I want a cradle of feathers
I want a piece of heaven between the boards
I want a swarm of bees in my mouth
I want my body scenting of earth and jasmine
I want tongues of smoke ascending from my feet
I want to open my elbows, I want my elbows feathered
I want to replace them with wings of larks
at dawn.

KARO CASTRO, Chile (1982)
Translation: Germain Droogenbroodt – H. Stanley Barkan
De: “La mujer gallina”
Ediciones Balmaceda, Santiago de Chile 2016