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Jorge Bustamante García

MATERIAL FOR A BIOGRAPHY

Eucaliptuses willows 
               a burning country
Aurelio Arturo or 
               the miracle of things being said
the music of those
        green eyes of a girl 
                         forever fleeting
at her sixteen years
some birches
               and other trees
some verses by Pushkin
               vibrating on the outside of
a fence
               broken glass
strange music
               windows 
                        doors 
                                train carriages
the aisles of airplanes
              houses 
                       empty courtyards
scenes from films 
              and feverish faces
labyrinths inventing labyrinths
birds in chaotic destination
a brother who attempts 
             to revive another brother
                             back in Atlanta
and a woman who watches them
             from a leafless December
the path of the rain
             abandonment
love that waits and despairs
the tender emptiness of things
some bodies that stretch out and look at each other
and the light    always the light
that never goes out
in the silence ...

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Eucaliptos sauces
                un país incendiado
Aurelio Arturo o
                el milagro de las cosas al decirlas
la música de esos
      ojos verdes de muchacha
                       fugaces para siempre
a sus dieciséis años
algunos abedules
                y otros árboles
unos versos de Pushkin
                vibrando a la intemperie
una cerca
                vidrios rotos
músicas extrañas
               ventanas
                      puertas
                              vagones de tren
pasillos de avión
               casas
                      patios vacíos
cuadros de películas 
               y rostros febriles
laberintos que inventan laberintos
pájaros en caótico destino
un hermano que intenta 
               revivir a otro hermano
                            allá en Atlanta
y una mujer que los mira 
              desde un diciembre sin hojas
el paso de la lluvia
              el abandono
el amor que espera y desespera
el tierno vacío de las cosas
unos cuerpos que se extienden y se miran
y la luz   siempre la luz
que no acaba de extinguirse
en el silencio...
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MATERIAL FOR A BIOGRAPHY

Eucaliptuses willows 
               a burning country
Aurelio Arturo or 
               the miracle of things being said
the music of those
        green eyes of a girl 
                         forever fleeting
at her sixteen years
some birches
               and other trees
some verses by Pushkin
               vibrating on the outside of
a fence
               broken glass
strange music
               windows 
                        doors 
                                train carriages
the aisles of airplanes
              houses 
                       empty courtyards
scenes from films 
              and feverish faces
labyrinths inventing labyrinths
birds in chaotic destination
a brother who attempts 
             to revive another brother
                             back in Atlanta
and a woman who watches them
             from a leafless December
the path of the rain
             abandonment
love that waits and despairs
the tender emptiness of things
some bodies that stretch out and look at each other
and the light    always the light
that never goes out
in the silence ...

MATERIAL FOR A BIOGRAPHY

Eucaliptuses willows 
               a burning country
Aurelio Arturo or 
               the miracle of things being said
the music of those
        green eyes of a girl 
                         forever fleeting
at her sixteen years
some birches
               and other trees
some verses by Pushkin
               vibrating on the outside of
a fence
               broken glass
strange music
               windows 
                        doors 
                                train carriages
the aisles of airplanes
              houses 
                       empty courtyards
scenes from films 
              and feverish faces
labyrinths inventing labyrinths
birds in chaotic destination
a brother who attempts 
             to revive another brother
                             back in Atlanta
and a woman who watches them
             from a leafless December
the path of the rain
             abandonment
love that waits and despairs
the tender emptiness of things
some bodies that stretch out and look at each other
and the light    always the light
that never goes out
in the silence ...
Sponsors
Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Ludo Pieters Gastschrijver Fonds
Lira fonds
Partners
LantarenVenster – Verhalenhuis Belvédère