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Dolores Dorantes

20.- Turn around and the sky opens its mouth

“20.-Turn around and the sky opens its mouth. You have disappeared among us. This is a book that does not exist. We’ve got you surrounded. Sky and death. Sky and blood. Perfection and pain. We are yours when you believe you’re devouring us. We are yours with our mouths closed. Instruments of your phonation. We do not differentiate. We jump through the hoop of the sky. We are space and we are surface. The sky has a body that walks. The path has been covered in blood.”

20.- Turn around and the sky opens its mouth

“20.-Keer om en de hemel opent zijn mond. Je bent in onze meisjesmassa verdwenen. Dit is een boek dat niet bestaat. We hebben je omsingeld. Hemel en dood. Hemel en bloed. Volmaaktheid en pijn. We zijn van jou wanneer jij denkt dat je ons verslindt. We zijn van jou met gesloten mond. Instrumenten van jouw klankvorming. We zijn onderling niet verschillend. We springen in de ring van de hemel. We zijn ruimte en oppervlak. De hemel heeft een lichaam dat zich verplaatst. De plaats is bedekt met bloed.”

“20.-Da la vuelta y el cielo abre la boca. Has desparecido entre nosotras. Este es un libro que no existe. Te tenemos rodeado. Cielo y muerte. Cielo y sangre. Perfección y dolor. Somos tuyas cuando tú crees que nos devoras. Somos tuyas con la boca cerrada. Instrumentos de tu fonación. No nos diferenciamos. Saltamos en el aro del cielo. Somos espacio y somos superficie. El cielo tiene un cuerpo que camina. El camino se ha cubierto de sangre.”
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20.- Turn around and the sky opens its mouth

“20.-Turn around and the sky opens its mouth. You have disappeared among us. This is a book that does not exist. We’ve got you surrounded. Sky and death. Sky and blood. Perfection and pain. We are yours when you believe you’re devouring us. We are yours with our mouths closed. Instruments of your phonation. We do not differentiate. We jump through the hoop of the sky. We are space and we are surface. The sky has a body that walks. The path has been covered in blood.”

20.- Turn around and the sky opens its mouth

“20.-Turn around and the sky opens its mouth. You have disappeared among us. This is a book that does not exist. We’ve got you surrounded. Sky and death. Sky and blood. Perfection and pain. We are yours when you believe you’re devouring us. We are yours with our mouths closed. Instruments of your phonation. We do not differentiate. We jump through the hoop of the sky. We are space and we are surface. The sky has a body that walks. The path has been covered in blood.”
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