{"id":317,"date":"2023-12-21T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bessyreyna.com\/?page_id=317"},"modified":"2023-12-21T17:56:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:56:53","slug":"on-the-battlefield-of-your-body","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bessyreyna.com\/index.php\/on-the-battlefield-of-your-body\/","title":{"rendered":"ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF YOUR BODY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Translated from the Spanish by Elinor Randall and Susan Sherman<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

I<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The last time we used<\/span><\/p>\n

silence as bullets<\/span><\/p>\n

we were mortally wounded<\/span><\/p>\n

in the conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, we have scarcely begun<\/span><\/p>\n

to recuperate<\/span><\/p>\n

and our rifles are already<\/span><\/p>\n

cocked for battle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Incapable of admitting defeat<\/span><\/p>\n

we confront each other<\/span><\/p>\n

on the battlefield<\/span><\/p>\n

of your body.<\/span><\/p>\n

II<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In the shadows,<\/span><\/p>\n

hiding between your hands,<\/span><\/p>\n

I forget to be afraid.<\/span><\/p>\n

With you I cross the frontiers of desire,<\/span><\/p>\n

penetrate the territory<\/span><\/p>\n

where life and death dissolve.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shipwrecked<\/span><\/p>\n

but still thirsty for adventure<\/span><\/p>\n

I submerge myself<\/span><\/p>\n

in the turbulence of your waters,<\/span><\/p>\n

ambushed again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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