And if it were true that the universe will
expand after the big bang
does it have physical limits that one day will be reached?
Like a rubber band, everything will snap back in that instant.
Benjamin Button, we will live in reversed time
we will travel throughout the galaxy
we will handle telepathic cellular complexes
then we will discover electricity
we will see unexplored coasts
we will invent writing
we will fight on horseback
we will hunt mammoths
in a deep cave we will tell stories that combat fear
Raquel Lanseros (1973), poet, translator and university professor, is one of the most awarded and recognized voices of contemporary poetry in Spanish. She has pubished eight books of poetry and received numerous awards. Her last book of poetry, MATRIA, won the National Critics Award and the Andalusia Critics Award in 2019 in Spain.