viernes, 29 de julio de 2016

On words and dreams





         does one choose the language to think in and dream in
         does one choose the words one thinks in or dreams in

         who does for us

         how does it happen that we wonder ponder articulate thoughts
         in one language rather than in another

         that our mother tongue is not necessarily the medium
         becoming a parent once removed     
        
         who watches within us discretely
         without breaking in into our deepest consciousness


         allowing a foreign tongue to take over.

miércoles, 27 de julio de 2016

too many words



So many words
too many words
          in the early morning
          reading the news

         too many and too idle
         they deny  the beauty
                   the texture 
                                  the innate sense
                             of language used lovingly

they repeat themselves idly
perfunctorily
discussing over and over

the same events.