The palm at the end of the mind, beyond the last thought, rises in the bronze distance. A gold feathered bird sings in the palm, without human meaning, without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason that makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Friday, June 18, 2021

Cosima Wagner

I will offer my eyes
to the passing by of the nocturnal mare,
I will offer my fever,
the arch of midnight;
because you are in the depths,
because it is your image
that is hidden behind the helmet.

A mortal dance
in the white belly
of the sounds that cross each other.

We are angels taking root
there where nobody dreams.

The house is empty
and the ear.
You can enter galloping
in the kingdom of the kettledrums
and the flutes.

You can die
so that the music
goes on ascending.
 
--Lucia Estrada
translated by Nicolas Suescan

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