Buildings
Did you hang the yellow blanket on the balcony?
Did you make the sign of a cross on the bread?
It was me behind the wall I saw the shadow
of your left hand on the door I didn’t see
the knife at all
We omitted the rest –
how the word is formed how the forest warden
walks alone on the hill before dusk
and the rocks rumble down – dogs bite them
carry them to the river next to the caldron
where the women wash garments of the dead
Later the dogs
stand motionless with gaping mouths with bare teeth
as if holding the same rocks and stare upward –
at the rocks we used to build the vacant house with no roof
Libros Libertad 