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.

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Humberto Ak'abal (born 1952 - 2019) Guatemala

Translated by Michael Bazzett

Source: Lunch Ticket