Following a faint stain on the air to the river’s edge
I enter water. What am I to split
the glassy grain of water looking upward I see the bed
of the river above me upside down very clear
TED HUGHES in ‘Wodwo’
You lead me down to the water's edge
Let's take a rest on the riverbed
You lead me down to the water's edge
You're all that I need, you go ahead
MORCHEEBA in Dive Deep
S went over the house –into every room, down into the cellar, out onto the deck. In each area she stood still, with her head tilted to one side. Finally, she went into the kitchen.‘There’s nobody in the house now’, she said,’ ‘but right here there’s a channel where the entities come and go’.‘A channel?’
‘Sort of like a tunnel. A link’, said S. ‘They have come into our world and then they go out of it, right here.’
MARGARET ATWOOD in Moral Disorder
by / por ester astudillo
let’s do anything you like
i won’t mind your game
or if you play tricks
any board will do
a couple of dice
on a table
you follow?
we should sit
you and me
face to face
-sides won’t do-
and hold hands
and press hard
don’t mind pain
dark’s all right
no blindfold
over eyes
place your index
on the heart
hold back pushing
easy, relax
let’s play now
there's two worlds
them and us
one go no more
let’s contact the living
* * *
hagamos algo
elige una cosa
no importa tu juego
ni si haces trampas
un tablero basta
y un par de dados
sobre una mesa
¿puedes seguirme?
siéntate ahí
en frente de mí
cara a cara
no de perfil
dame la mano
y aprieta fuerte
no dolerá
sin luz está bien
sobra la venda
abre los ojos
pon el índice
en el corazón
sin empujar
suave y flojo
ahora juguemos
a que hay dos mundos
nosotros y ellos
un intento nomás
de hablar con los vivos
