la primera trama
La primera trama
Yo no sabía que la casa de la infancia
me hiriera después
y que sus gasas, sus cortinajes, sus ropajes
se apegaran acumulados
a mi piel interior.
Yo no sabía que debía rasgar esas vestiduras
y dejar hilachas
pedazos
entre el vivir.
Yo no sabía
qué había que hacer, y deshacer
como a un tejido
fiel
a una primera y única trama.
Hanni Ossott
Casa de agua y sombras (1992)
The first weft
I did not know that the childhood home
would hurt me afterward
and its dressings, its draperies, its clothes
would adhere accumulated
to my inner skin.
I did not know I should rip those clothes
and leave unraveled threads
pieces
among the living.
I did not know
what should be done, and undo
as a woven fabric
faithful
to first and only weft.
Hanni Ossott
House of water and shadows (1992)
I did not know that the childhood home
would hurt me afterward
and its dressings, its draperies, its clothes
would adhere accumulated
to my inner skin.
I did not know I should rip those clothes
and leave unraveled threads
pieces
among the living.
I did not know
what should be done, and undo
as a woven fabric
faithful
to first and only weft.
Hanni Ossott
House of water and shadows (1992)
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