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Passionate photographic love
venerable as anyone knew
His memories pull shades up and down
Doors are not done telegrams arrive
Every morning something extra ???
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loco y etilico el finde siempre es
algo de cerezas cachondas
con las nuevas amigas
en la fiesta del viernes
almuerzo y fiesta en casa
el sábado para que más
y el merecido descanso dominical
excelente el bar la música
las pintas las chicas
las locas amistades nuevas
el coctelito y su replay
malo el trasnoche
el camello en sábado
bueno almorzar con Aura
después de tanto tiempo
pasear por el centro
devolverse de allá
con mucho cine
y chumarse por la noche
rico dormir todo el domingo
ver algunas de esas pelis
relajarse y no pensar no escribir.
dimitir de cualquier esfuerzo
añorar el viernes no desear que sea lunes
así son las semanas siempre
unas mas intensas que otras
pero al fin de cuentas
todas iguales
el disfrute como analgésico para el dolor de Ser
el lunes despiertas de nuevo al tedio
y aun con resaca que es lo peor
el resto de la semana es gris
nada que sorprenda nada que merezca la pena
es un esfuerzo inmenso sonreír
yo soy gris la mayor parte del tiempo,
como el cielo de esta babel
húmeda fría y sin alma
nada me sorprende
y no queda nada sagrado que desee
o que no haya probado ya
es absurda la percepción del paso del tiempo
el sentido de pertenencia a cualquier cosa
la nostalgia por lo que no se tuvo
todos meros apegos
los ataques de lucidez
vienen cargados de desazón
y aunque le pongo pasión
y me esfuerzo en brindarle
mi mejor cara a la vida
ésta siempre se las arregla
para decepcionarme
nuevos cristos se asesinan
todos los días
anónimos o reconocidos
y a nadie le importa
o lo ridiculizan
y lo menosprecian
todo es incierto
y que sea así me gusta mas
un dia a la vez por favor
-como los Junkies-
para mí es suficiente
con llegar a casa
sano y salvo
con planificar el día de mañana
solamente
levantarme temprano
y sentir el cansancio
ahora y cuando la tarde ya cae
la desidia laboral
que no me canso de probar
a pesar mío y a pesar
que no es tan mala
después de todo
los delicados
sonidos angélicos
del arte de las musas
que me evaden por momentos
de tanta güevonada maluca
mi propia inútil quejadera
y tu distancia
tu irreconciliable
distancia
cada vez mayor
el calor de las cobijas
los vidrios empañados
el dulce humo azul
y el retorno al mundo de los sueños
de donde no debí regresar jamás
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.
Antoine Gerris P.
