from Lost Words by Carilda Oliver Labra

My eyes cross with the flowers I invent,
with the clouds,
nailed to this ship that took me for a castaway.

translated by Katherine M. Hedeen

2 thoughts on “from Lost Words by Carilda Oliver Labra

  1. How serendipitous is coincidence. I have just watched the Buena Vista Social Club and there you are with a great piece of Cubanism.(if there is such a word.)

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