Disyuncion, by Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, 1999.
Its bone structure hints of nimbleness through
forests, jungle, swamps
apartando matas, moluscos, gnats, flies, vichos
zancudos, sudor...
Fué tambien aventurero,
conquistador, imperialista,
clasista, oppressor, curious,
militant, invader,
anhilitator, colonizer
al recorrer su estructura I also
remember the softness of silk,
lino, talco, perfumed water
calloused feet, dark skin
so unlike mine
me averguenzo al tocar the
softness of my soles,
suave de carácter - watered down,
débil, deserter, traidora de cultura,
asimilada, americanizada,
whore, degenerada
