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ninfomania, by rosario castellanos

Te tuve entre mis manos:
La humanidad entera en una nuez.

¡Qué cáscara tan dura y tan rugosa!

Y, adentro, el simulacro
de los dos hemisferos cerebrales
que, obviamente, no aspiran a operar
sino a ser devorados, alabados
por ese sabor neautro, tan insatisfactorio
que exige, al infinito,
una vez y otra y otra, que se vuelva a probar

*

I had you in my hands:
All mankind in one nut

What a hard and bumpy shell!

And, inside, the splitting image
of two cerebral hemispheres
that, obviously, strive not to function
but to be devoured, commended
for that grey flavor, so unsatisfactory
as to demand, endlessly,
again and again and again, to be tasted

ninfomania, by rosario castellanos

Te tuve entre mis manos:
La humanidad entera en una nuez.

¡Qué cáscara tan dura y tan rugosa!

Y, adentro, el simulacro
de los dos hemisferos cerebrales
que, obviamente, no aspiran a operar
sino a ser devorados, alabados
por ese sabor neautro, tan insatisfactorio
que exige, al infinito,
una vez y otra y otra, que se vuelva a probar

*

I had you in my hands:
All mankind in one nut

What a hard and bumpy shell!

And, inside, the splitting image
of two cerebral hemispheres
that, obviously, strive not to function
but to be devoured, commended
for that grey flavor, so unsatisfactory
as to demand, endlessly,
again and again and again, to be tasted

Posted 5 months ago & Filed under lit, translation, sexytime,

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I am a californian who has traveled a lot and loves giving advice, mostly food related but also cultural when it's safe consensual and appropriate to the current legal climate. Contact me via email if you really must.