Mi esposo me ha dicho que me mire en la copa / Patricia Guzmán

My husband has told me to look at myself in the glass

The glass is not for drinking

The glass is for whetting one’s hair in it

Whoever drinks knows their affiliation

I don’t know mine

I don’t care if the roads end

There’s a wing over there

Who lost it?

The wing fell into the glass

My husband has told me to look at myself in the glass

The bedroom is dark

I’m learning how to keep quiet




Canto de oficio (1997)




{ Patricia Guzmán, Con el ala alta: 1987-2003, Mérida, Venezuela: Ediciones El otro, el mismo, 2004 }