km.nada

i am many beginnings and endings 43 in a row, ¡nos faltan 43!

i can't ever cut my nails right: countless accidental scratches if only i could keep my knives half as sharp sharper than my mind sharper than my tongue i ain't no yoga master: every year, toes get further they tell you to breathe pompous know-it-alls!

tiny sequin-scaled minnows, kissing the skin of the pondwater eng // pequeños peces de lentejuelas, besando la piel del agua cristalina. esp //

let there be heat, flowers to bloom, tea to drink, cake before noon eng // que haya calor, flores de alegría, té que tomar, pastel antes del mediodía esp //

consider the percussivity of the feet, accompanied by the plucky requinto rattle with me quijada and dance all night long charrasca charrasca another on the jarana voices like echoes in the wind drink a little caña and dance all night long. eng // conside…

a bit of light through the trees, turtles in the creekbed, little lambs feasting on the lichen eng // un poco de luz entre los árboles, tortugas en el arroyo, corderitos comiendo liquen esp //

oh shit, a poem i almost forgot a poem well, to write a poem i don't know any poem by heart, except maybe one or two of my own which i always fuck up what is with those people pretty, polished poets remembering every line ... that just ain't me, ok?

between crickets and cicadas, a little rattle left / a little rattle right eng // entre grillos y chicharras, un pequeño zumbido a la izquierda / un pequeño zumbido a la derecha esp //

unkempt, a bush on fire a man who takes the form of lines and scribbles i am two feet and several toes and i never seem to weigh the same. eng // desgreñado, una zarza ardiente un hombre que toma la forma de líneas y garabatos soy dos pies y varios dedos y

softer somethings like wave or wind or nighttime tv with little darling we glow in the night sequin stars or moon in the slow, shy and shivering purple sky. eng // cosas más suaves como ola o viento o tele de noche con mi chiquita brillamos en la noche es…