Con el poema / José Barroeta

With the Poem

It’s possible the title of the poem
has nothing to do with the poem.
It’s possible it’ll fail
and I will turn
into water
and the transformed water
will break the eye of the cadavers.
It’s possible
that everything exists
that we’re a stubborn
brief vigil




Elegías y olvidos (2006)




{ José Barroeta, Todos han muerto: Poesía completa (1971-2006), Barcelona: Editorial Candaya, 2006 }