{"id":42541,"date":"2025-09-10T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/?p=42541"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:36:56","slug":"un-fragmento-de-gentry-o-el-nombre-de-un-arbol-que-no-tiene-memoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinamericanliteraturetoday.org\/es\/2025\/09\/un-fragmento-de-gentry-o-el-nombre-de-un-arbol-que-no-tiene-memoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Un fragmento de Gentry: o el nombre de un \u00e1rbol que no tiene memoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">A Pedro Uc,<br \/>\npor las veces que no fuimos vencidos.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">El d\u00eda 7 Ahmak pusimos en ejecuci\u00f3n nuestra fuga. Entonces abandonamos la ciudad de Yximch\u00e9e, a causa del hombre demonio. Despu\u00e9s salieron los reyes. \u201cCiertamente morir\u00e1 al punto Tunatiuh\u201d, dijeron. \u201cYa no hay guerra en el coraz\u00f3n de Tunatiuh, ahora est\u00e1 contento con el metal que se le ha dado\u201d.<br \/>\nMemorial de Solol\u00e1<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>La tierra<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mi abuela ten\u00eda en el patio una planta a la que llamaba <em>Subin che\u2019<\/em><sup>1<\/sup><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>justo al lado de la albarrada donde anida<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>un tipo de hormiga roja<\/p>\n<p>mi madre la usaba para tejer hamacas o para aliviar los<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>piquetes de los insectos y la amarraba a \u00e1rboles m\u00e1s<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>grandes para que se coman las plagas blancas.<\/p>\n<p>mi padre usaba sus ra\u00edces para sacarse el veneno de las serpientes o<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>para hacer trampas de tuzas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>y exiliarlas de sus huecos bajo la tierra<\/p>\n<p>en la ciudad de las maquiladoras<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>al <em>Subin che\u2019<\/em> le llaman Acacia y lo cortan<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>cuando brota entre las piedras<\/p>\n<p>en <em>San Antonio Pich<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>las albarradas se deshilan frente a m\u00ed y<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>todo lo que queda es una cantera<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>que no conoce el llanto.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La \u00faltima de las familias Rojas dej\u00f3 San Antonio Pich<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>cuando convirtieron el pozo en fosa s\u00e9ptica<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>(eso fue lo que escuchamos en la maquiladora)<\/p>\n<p>se le dice fosa al hoyo donde se vierten cad\u00e1veres<br \/>\ns\u00e9ptica es un insecto diminuto que pudre lo que toca:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;..<\/span>las casas de techos<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;..<\/span>amarillos<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;..<\/span>la madrugada junto al fuego<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;..<\/span>las sartenejas de agua tierna<br \/>\nantes de irse<br \/>\nles pusieron nombre a las m\u00e1quinas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span>que no se inventaron para coser vestidos y las<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span>nombraron seg\u00fan su forma de comerse las piedras<\/p>\n<p>hay unas que parecen martillos<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span>o palas dentadas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span>o barriles que aplastan insectos<br \/>\nhay otras que duermen en el d\u00eda<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span>se alimentan en la noche<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>y humean luces rojas en la panza de la tierra<\/p>\n<p>ahora, cuando llego al lugar al que<br \/>\nllamamos casa<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span>mi madre me dice:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><em>hay caf\u00e9 en la cocina<\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;.<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>y yo miro su candela extinguirse de sus ojos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>III.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hicieron una carretera nueva antes que terminara el a\u00f1o<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>(con letreros verdes<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>de los que se rieron nuestros muertos en sus coladeras)<\/p>\n<p>esas tierras no ten\u00edan valor porque eran nuestras<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>y eran nuestras porque nadie m\u00e1s las quiso<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>as\u00ed dijo mi madre<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>cuando el asfalto lleg\u00f3 a San Antonio Pich<\/p>\n<p>las m\u00e1quinas se derriten en el idioma de las gafas de sol y las bermudas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>son el sue\u00f1o rancio del lugar al que bautizaron<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>(con list\u00f3n rojo y un ministro)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span>como Lomas de Montejo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A mi madre y a m\u00ed nos ofrecieron dinero por un papel que no val\u00eda nada<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>nos dieron un terreno de cuarenta metros cuadrados cerca de la maquiladora<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span>escuelas cercanas<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>aire de gris alcantarilla<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>ocho focos de nueve watts<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span>una estufa<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: 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