Venice masks

Monday 5 December 2022

Jaguar - Humberto Ak'abal

Sometimes I’m a jaguar
running through ravines,
leaping boulders,
climbing mountains.

I look beyond the sky,
beyond the water,
beyond the earth.

I chat with the sun,
play with the moon,
and pluck stars
and stick them to my body.

My tail stirs as I
stretch out on the grass,
tongue panting.

Humberto Ak'abal (born 1952 - 2019) Guatemala
Translated by Michael Bazzett
Source: Lunch Ticket

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