#158 Things (Lisel Mueller)

Pienso con cierta frecuencia en el alma humana de las cosas. Por eso, por ejemplo, me gustan las tiendas de antigüedades y entiendo bien la fascinación que alguien como Andrés Trapiello siente por el Rastro. Por eso también este poema me emociona.

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THINGS 

What happened is, we grew lonely

living among the things,

so we gave the clock a face,

the chair a back,

the table four stout legs

which will never suffer fatigue.

We fitted our shoes with tongues

as smooth as our own

and hung tongues inside bells

so we could listen

to their emotional language,

and because we loved graceful profiles

the pitcher received a lip,

the bottle a long, slender neck.

Even what was beyond us

was recast in our image;

we gave the country a heart,

the storm an eye,

the cave a mouth

so we could pass into safety.