Like shadows of a musical theme
By Tilsa Otta
Translated By Farid Matuk
I turned up the brightness so I could kiss you
It was like going giant mode
Like a rabbit gave me advice
And I followed
And I would’ve fallen way down a deep hole
Some orifice of yours
Where I could study your insides
Decorated as they are with exquisite taste
Back home the shine is nulled
Just shades of a musical theme
Or it could also be said
That it’s night
That I never left the mirror
May imagination always come before knowing
Translated from the Spanish
Copyright Credit: Tilsa Otta, "Like shadows of a musical theme" from The Hormone Of Darkness: A Playlist, trans. by Farid Matuk. Copyright © 2024 by Farid Matuk. Reprinted by permission of Graywolf Press, www.graywolfpress.org.
Source: The Hormone Of Darkness: A Playlist (Graywolf Press, www.graywolfpress.org, 2024)