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Rated: E · Poetry · Mythology · #1336331
Small poem about a too much strong body, following tragedy... maybe comedy?
They had to operate him
So now he has got a cow heart that
Pumps under his ribs
Every ten minutes it beats again
Every ten minutes everything shakes like an earthquake

Between one and another beat he sleeps a bit
He loses consciousness and neurons die
But he is the champion of the world on lung capacity
(Then they revive and it's all right)
Thanks to his cow heart

Lights turn on as if the day were coming
None must speak on the stalls
Even a whisper would harm the performance
Remember the systole will coincide with destruction
Then the diastole, be quiet

Lad stands up from the chair              removes it
They have been living happy, he and his blue bird of the desert
He approach the fountain near the polluted lake
Walks              leaps puddle to puddle        drinks and
Death by the shore of the lake

    *                    *                    *                    *                    *                    *

Han tenido que operarle
Así que ahora tiene un corazón de vaca que
Le bombea bajo las costillas
Cada diez minutos late de nuevo
Cada diez todo tiembla como un terremoto

Entre latido y latido echa un sueñecito
Pierde la consciencia y las neuronas mueren
Pero fue campeón del mundo en capacidad pulmonar
(Entonces reviven y como si nada)
Es gracias a su corazón de vaca

Se encienden las luces como si llegase el día
Nadie debe hablar en el patio de butacas
Siquiera un murmullo afectaría a la representación
Recuerden que la sístole coincidirá con la destrucción
Más tarde la diástole, callen

El chaval se levanta de la silla          la aparta
Han estado viviendo felices él y su ave azul del desierto
Se acerca a la fuente junto al lago contaminado
Camina              saltos de charco en charco           bebe y
Muerte a la orilla del lago
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