{"id":3195,"date":"2017-07-03T10:34:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:37:10","slug":"useless-spending-or-small-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/useless-spending-or-small-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"Useless Spending or Small Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3197\" src=\"http:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Imagen-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Imagen-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Imagen-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Imagen-1-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Imagen-1.png 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">if it weren\u2019t too late<\/p>\n<p>to sear with salt the uncountable days,<\/p>\n<p>so uselessly torn into pieces<\/p>\n<p>the fixed photo of the moment after,<\/p>\n<p>I could simulate this state of the body,<\/p>\n<p>its tattoo shining like a sun of another land.<\/p>\n<p>I could forgive you,<\/p>\n<p>go search for thorns at the bottom of the sea,<\/p>\n<p>dead stars in the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>I could cut the infinite<\/p>\n<p>paste it on the wall<\/p>\n<p>and wait, hoping that the planets will crash<\/p>\n<p>or call your phone and tell you<\/p>\n<p>how much I paid for this miniature<\/p>\n<p>which broke over nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LAURA YASAN<\/strong>, Argentina (1969)<\/p>\n<p>Translation Germain Droogenbroodt \u2013 Stanley H. Barkan<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">gastos in\u00fatiles o m\u00ednimas estafas \/\/ si no fuere tan tarde \/ para quemar con sal los d\u00edas innombrables<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">tan in\u00fatil romper en pedacitos \/ la foto permanente del instante despu\u00e9s \/ podr\u00eda simular ese estado del cuerpo<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">su tatuaje brillando como un sol de otra tierra \/ podr\u00eda perdonarte \/ ir buscar espinas en el fondo del mar<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">estrellas muertas en el cuarto de ba\u00f1o \/ podr\u00eda recortar el infinito \/ pegarlo en la pared<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">y quedarme esperando que choquen los planetas \/\/ o marcar tu tel\u00e9fono y contarte \/ cu\u00e1ndo pagu\u00e9 por esa miniatura<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">que se quebr\u00f3 de nad<\/span>a<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>if it weren\u2019t too late to sear with salt the uncountable days, so uselessly torn into pieces the fixed photo of the moment after, I could simulate this state of the body, its tattoo shining like a sun of another land. I could forgive you, go search for thorns at the bottom of the sea, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.point-editions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}