They allowed their beauty, their genitals
this is how the world was shaped
we believed in a common language
well eaten, abandonment
is a natural science, what will you learn
from all this? –be
transparent
and be how we preached
fury, female, nylon!
there is no adult way to wish
in this language with gaps: orgasm! and
there are no things of our own either
there are only noises
certain noises
and people
there is only a giant indoor world
where you barter
just to exchange one ox
for another ox
in the beef market
negotiating the price is useless
to be called Carmen, Pilar
they all have something red and walk away
and are home-made
and whose opportunity is it to be historic?
losing the contemplative life, the pacific
poem
you are a hero or a poet
the rest is a private matter of language
the rest is to think about the crack and become
something that is sung with hunger
and getting married and being mortal are not small tasks
the beautiful baby butts, Luisa, the other
desires, the immense
roof of things, the obedient
dogs. Helena
neither the Trojan nor the viviparous nor me
nor the Memphis blues legend
not even the other
ox
just to surround surround
surround with the foolish
arms. what is leaving
borrowing angels and short engagements
borrowing lions, loves (the tectonic ones)
a little more nylon
but no love will make us similar
we will reveal to the world and the world
will turn its back on us.
María Belén Milla Altabás was born in 1991 in Lima, Perú. She studied Hispanic Literature at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a master in Medieval Studies at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has published the book of poems Amplitud del mito (2018) and Todas las Nancys (2022). She currently studies a PhD in Literary Studies at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.