{"id":2775,"date":"2019-02-13T04:23:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T10:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.wp\/2019\/02\/three-poems-demetria-martinez\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:42:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:42:08","slug":"three-poems-demetria-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/2019\/02\/three-poems-demetria-martinez\/","title":{"rendered":"Tres poemas de Demetria Mart\u00ednez"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Sobre la mesa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>en la sala de espera<br \/>\nun ejemplar de la revista Vogue<br \/>\nla modelo ha dejado<br \/>\nde sonre\u00edrme,<br \/>\nme fulmina con la mirada.<br \/>\nA pesar de las d\u00e9cadas<br \/>\nde cremas para la cara,<br \/>\nprotectores solares,<br \/>\nlas patas de gallos<br \/>\nrodean mis ojos,<br \/>\npeque\u00f1as manchas marrones<br \/>\naparecen en mis mejillas.<\/p>\n<p>A pesar de d\u00e9cadas<br \/>\nde publicidad<br \/>\nno soy joven.<\/p>\n<p>No soy blanca.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consuelo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahora eres Connie,<br \/>\ncomo cortarle<br \/>\nel pelo<br \/>\ndemasiado corto,<br \/>\nm\u00e1s f\u00e1cil de pronunciar,<br \/>\ndice su profesor<br \/>\nde kindergarten.<\/p>\n<p>le tomar\u00e1 a\u00f1os<br \/>\na Connie<br \/>\npara que su nombre<br \/>\nvuelva a crecer,<br \/>\npara que se mire<br \/>\nen el espejo<br \/>\ny ame<br \/>\nlo que ve.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para la abuela Mar\u00eda (quien cruz\u00f3 la frontera en 1910, a la edad de 5 a\u00f1os, con su padre, Teodoro Flores)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ju\u00e1rez, El Paso.<br \/>\nLa frontera<br \/>\nno te<br \/>\ntrag\u00f3<br \/>\no se clav\u00f3<br \/>\nen tus tobillos,<br \/>\ncomo colmillos.<br \/>\nUn tren te llev\u00f3<br \/>\na trav\u00e9s del umbral<br \/>\ncomo a una nueva novia.<br \/>\nSin un velo<br \/>\nhecho de alambres de p\u00faas.<br \/>\nLa luz del sol, brillante.<br \/>\nLa canci\u00f3n<br \/>\ndel silbato del tren.<br \/>\nJoven, moreno,<br \/>\ninocente,<br \/>\nal comienzo<br \/>\nde la revoluci\u00f3n,<br \/>\nla historia te hizo<br \/>\nuna se\u00f1al con la mano<br \/>\npara que cruzaras.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Traducci\u00f3n de Marcelo Rioseco<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite decades<br \/>of advertisements<br \/>I am not young.<\/p>\n<p>I am not 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