A la deriva / Luis Enrique Belmonte

Adrift

Ever since I’ve been adrift I’ve been needing detergent.

Ever since I’ve been adrift I’m visited by redeemers,
traffickers and daydreams.

Like a squad of clouds dissolving.
Like a piece of ice
floating in nobody’s drink.




Cuartos de alquiler (2005)




{ Luis Enrique Belmonte, Pasadizo: Poesía reunida 1994-2006, Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 2009 }