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Friday, 9 October 2020

Juan Sánchez Peláez - Vicente Gerbasi

The eyes of the owl 
closed on the plain 
of death 
in the solitude 
of horses 
that die 
looking at a star’s path. 
The eyes of the owl 
closed watching the window 
with one eye 
on a squirrel 
and another on the lightning. 
The eyes of the owl
saw a horse 
come into my house 
forced to abandon 
the plains, 
the horse of an alley 
in Paris 
with its cart 
full of cabbage. 
The owl hid 
in a chamber 
of sadness, 
in the poverty of the world 
he saw his final shirt. 
He put it on his 
father who still loves him. 
The owl 
Juan Sánchez Peláez 
deteriorated by skeletons.

Vicente Gerbasi (1913 - 1992) Venezuela
Translated by Guillermo Parra

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