Horario / Miyó Vestrini

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What’d you do today?
          I read the newspaper and didn’t recognize any friends.
          I defrosted the freezer so the beer would
          cool better.
          I gave myself a bubble bath.
          I dried my hair.
It doesn’t seem like you did that much.
          I do many things and no one notices.
          I can see myself at the bottom of the pots and pans
          and on the kitchen floor.
But you didn’t go out. You promised you would.
          I was at the bus stop.
          I raised my hand and no one stopped.
You didn’t even read the book I bought you.
          I didn’t have time.
You never have time.
          Neither do you. And I don’t bug you by asking
          what’d you do today?
I can just imagine how the hours pass in this house.
          They pass,
          believe me,
          the pass.




Valiente ciudadano (1994)




{ Miyó Vestrini, Todos los poemas, Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 1994 }