I keep wanting to describe a sound
its this big and this wide and it
makes me go oh drawn out
does this convey that to you

Look my way, yes that's right
how did you know to look here
you think you can't see me
its as if your eyes are knives

When were you here before
was i here too did we talk
i can never remember almost
I can hear you whisper to come

solipsist popsicle in time
cool as james bond stirred
not shaken by this revelation
oh do turn that volume down

gold
as a wedding band.
But it doesn’t shine
in my hand.

You can paint it
red
as blood.
But it won’t flow.
It makes a thud.

You can paint it
green
as clover.
But it only sits.
It won’t come over.

You can paint it
wearing a smile.
But it’ll not be happy –

It doesn’t have eyes
to look into mine.
It doesn’t have a mouth
to sing a note.
It doesn’t have arms
to hold me close.
It doesn’t have feet
to climb the mountain.

I lost a man from this planet.
He lives now under
a slab of granite.
Hard and gray as a stone.
All that's left of him are bones.

Dijo el fulano presuntuoso /
hoy en el consulado
obtuve el habitual
certificado de existencia

consta aquí que estoy vivo
de manera que basta de calumnias

este papel soberbio / irrefutable
atestigua que existo

si me enfrento al espejo
y mi rostro no está
aguantaré sereno
despejado

¿no llevo acaso en la cartera
mi recién adquirido
mi flamante
certificado de existencia?

vivir / después de todo
no es tan fundamental
lo importante es que alguien
debidamente autorizado
certifique que uno
probadamente existe

cuando abro el diario y leo
mi propia necrológica
me apena que no sepan
qu estoy en condiciones
de mostrar dondequiera
y a quien sea
un vigente prolijo y minucioso
certificado de existencia

existo
luego pienso

¿cuántos zutanos andan por la calle
creyendo que están vivos
cuando en rigor carecen del genuino
irremplazable
soberano
certificado de existencia?

i climb the scaffolding
look down below
spirit faltering
will i die in the blow?

caffeine swirling,
dizziness whirling,
truth obscured
devil-lured

dry darkness,
unfeeling eyes,
dropping, heartless
out of the skies

failing, falling,
faster than water,
missed my calling,
embracing slaughter

but i'm still here,
didn't dare,
risk the fear
of devil's snare