{"id":2229,"date":"2018-04-29T22:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T04:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.wp\/2018\/04\/two-poems-adalber-salas-hernandez\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T19:41:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T01:41:08","slug":"two-poems-adalber-salas-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/2018\/04\/two-poems-adalber-salas-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Dos poemas de Adalber Salas Hern\u00e1ndez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15.0px}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #ffffff}<br \/>p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #1e1d1e}<br \/>p.p5 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; color: #1e1d1e; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>p.p6 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times}<br \/>p.p7 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Times; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>span.s1 {color: #4f5051}<br \/><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">IX <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(Don Luis de G\u00f3ngora y Argote en los infiernos)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00bfY d\u00f3nde m\u00e1s iba a estar? <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">De cierto <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">no all\u00e1 arriba, pasando hambre entre tanto silencio, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">tanto santo en \u00e9xtasis, tanta celeste <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">obsesionada con medir los siglos, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ni tampoco aqu\u00ed abajo, domesticando esa <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">soledad tan de nadie, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">contribuyendo de comer s\u00edlabas <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">y naufragio. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">No, don Luis tiene que estar <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">all\u00e1 en los infiernos, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">as\u00ed, en min\u00fasculas, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">en una gruta espesa como su garganta, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">condenado a no repetir <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">una sola palabra, a gastar <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">irremediablemente lo dicho, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">a ser testigo de ese lujo secreto <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">que es la voz cuando se da por vencida <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">y se vuelve ceniza pura desatada.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(de <\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Salvoconducto<\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"> , 2015)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">XXX <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(UN D\u00cdA EN LA VIDA)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Antes de que suene el despertador, el se\u00f1or <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ministro ya tiene los ojos abiertos: se levanta <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">con el sonido \u00e1spero de la herrer\u00eda que esconde <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">bajo las costillas. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Se cepilla los dientes, se <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">afeita. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Sentado sobre la poceta, pantalones <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">alrededor de los tobillos, las manos unidas y la <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">frente inclinada en oraci\u00f3n, pide a todos los <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">santos que intercedan por \u00e9l, que lo libren <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">del c\u00f3lico que pesa en sus intestinos, negro como <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">el pecado. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Se ducha, viste y perfuma; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">un <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">caf\u00e9 lo espera en la cocina. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Toma el desayuno <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">con omeprazol, sentado muy derecho, la cabeza <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">sostenida gracias a la corbata; <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">de no ser por <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ese nudo, rodar\u00eda hasta qui\u00e9n sabe d\u00f3nde. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">La<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">\u00faltima vez fue una cat\u00e1strofe: hallaron <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">la cabeza borracha y despeinada fuera de <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">un burdel \u2013sali\u00f3 en todos los peri\u00f3dicos. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Va a <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">la oficina con chofer y escolta, distra\u00eddo <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">por las manchas que se hacen cada vez m\u00e1s <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">numerosas en sus manos. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Primer rivotril del <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">d\u00eda. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">El despacho lo recibe repleto de papeles, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">tratados de comercio, tr\u00e1fico bilateral, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">compra y venta de bonos, acciones, propiedades, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">gl\u00f3bulos rojos, leucocitos, plaquetas, bilirrubina, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ceratonina, f\u00edjate lo altos que est\u00e1n el az\u00facar <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">y el colesterol. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Es urgente implementar el <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">control cambiario. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">La sangre siempre despilfarra. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ibuprofeno para el dolor de cabeza, junto a las <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">actas del acuerdo de libre intercambio<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">trasatl\u00e1ntico y hematol\u00f3gico. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Hay que cubrir <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">la tierra cruda con lo que se pueda, con lo que <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">tengamos a mano. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Orden y progreso, o <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">lo m\u00e1s parecido. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Segundo rivotril del d\u00eda. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Y <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">dios le impuso una tarea: da nombre a las bestias <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">que registran el suelo, a las aves sin memoria ni <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ambiciones, a los peces que nunca podran <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ganarse una sombra. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">El se\u00f1or ministro obedeci\u00f3. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Se dedic\u00f3 a confeccionar nombres con voz <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">granulosa y, al poco tiempo, hab\u00eda llegado la hora <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">de los paquetes bancarios, las burbujas <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">inmobiliarias, la inflaci\u00f3n con su dentadura <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">postiza y plomo en los ojos. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Se hab\u00eda operado <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">el milagro eucar\u00edstico: la carne era esta\u00f1o y el<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">vino petr\u00f3leo. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">No era f\u00e1cil, nada f\u00e1cil. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Tercer rivotril <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">del d\u00eda: el milagro austero de la multiplicaci\u00f3n de los <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">peces y el clonazepam, tal y como lo efectu\u00f3 el hombre <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">de Galilea cuando invent\u00f3 los intereses bancarios. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Y diclofenac para la espalda, por favor. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Cuando <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">llega al bar, al whisky del fin de los tiempos, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">est\u00e1 seguro de que su tensi\u00f3n ha subido, pero no <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">le queda losartan \u2013una tragedia para la econom\u00eda <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">nacional. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Es imposible predecir qu\u00e9 suceder\u00e1 con el <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">producto interno bruto si no se calma, pero la m\u00fasica <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">lo atormenta, no ha comido y el aluminio de la risa <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">ajena lo pone nervioso. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Esta noche aterriza en la casa <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">de su amante, dispuesto a aprobar la explotaci\u00f3n de<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">todos los recursos naturales que demandan el desarrollo <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">de la naci\u00f3n. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">El destino del pa\u00eds cuelga de su temblor <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">cardiovascular, incandescente. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Despu\u00e9s de coger, <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">se encierra en el ba\u00f1o y orina tarareando Imagine. <\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ha <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">estado sonando en su cabeza durante todo el d\u00eda.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">(de <\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">La ciencia 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