La depravación de los astros: 16 / Francisco Pérez Perdomo

The Depravity of the Stars: 16

You look at yourself in the mirror. In the glass orb. You do yourself up. You get your neck together, your tie. You touch up your hair. You observe your own image from all angles. Head on, from the sides; from the water, from the fire and the air. With curiosity. You watch time. You consult the abyss. You speed ahead a thousand years. You live. You return. You look at yourself in the mirror. In the glass orb. You do yourself up. You get your neck together, your tie. You touch up your hair. You observe your own image from all angles. Head on, from the sides; from the water, from the fire and the air. With curiosity. You watch time. You consult the abyss. You speed ahead a thousand years. You live. You return. You look at yourself in the mirror...




La depravación de los astros (1966)




{ Francisco Pérez Perdomo, El hilo equívoco de los vocablos. Antología poética, Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 2014 }