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Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Young Adult · #1337307
Short symbolic poem. Fast. Also Spanish version.
There is a constellation on his huge sheets
Enough to welcome a giant's corpse
Somebody told me that 
We don't know                    here, in the West
What a giant is
But then he laughed and of his mouth came out roses
Full of thorns covering the stems
To arrive to my feet 
 
There is a constellation 
It seems a last drawing 
Though it's his extended body 
And me looking at his back 
By his side

*                    *                    *                    *                    *

Hay una constelación sobre sus sábanas enormes
Suficientes para acoger un cadáver de gigante
Alguien me dijo que
No sabemos                    aquí, en occidente
Lo que es un gigante
Pero enseguida rió y de su boca salieron rosas
Llenas de espinas recorriendo los tallos
Para llegar a mis pies

Hay una constelación
Parece un último dibujo
Aunque es su cuerpo extendido
Y yo que miro su espalda
A su costado
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