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Craving the moon

Maximiliano Chárriez

2024

 

to say goodbye without getting nowhere in this abridged world

to run the send-off with the uncertainty of the right direction in 

a babel sliding through the entrails of the limitless city

not getting lost to arrive at a land with not promise

at a paradise with the face of freedom bought at market price

to open the door green light

to see the forest

to see the sea

and the dust covering them all

to look up to see the growing progress in which you don’t count for anything

to discover after walking ten thousand steps over concrete,

water, and air that the safe place for counting days through the windows till the end of a breath

is a land conquered under the rain

under the sun

between the air

and the dust covering everything 

 

 

Rights: Max Charriez

Antojo de Luna

Maximiliano Chárriez

2024

me antojo de un beso cálido de luz de luna

del llanto arrullo en  noche serena

 

me antojo de ser la virgen degollada

la sombra dibujada del sátiro agitado

 

Me antojo de ser el agua bautizada

que lame tu piel de muerte herida

 

de ser poeta peregrino y

narrar con tu sangre mis maldades

 

me antojo de tocarme el seno lujurioso

cruzar el umbral de mis quejidos

 de morir y de renacer bañado 

iluminado por el antojo de luna

Rights: Max Charriez