<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137</id><updated>2011-07-28T16:07:49.169-07:00</updated><category term='cuentos'/><category term='poemas'/><category term='poems'/><title type='text'>The box is only temporary.</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-455805073413596230</id><published>2009-10-08T09:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T09:34:14.219-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;For R.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dizziness from waking up leaves your first question unanswered.&lt;br /&gt;This is the hour of silence, but still&lt;br /&gt;I can give you a hint: on the verge of&lt;br /&gt;I reach your hand and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly your pupils explode into mine,&lt;br /&gt;while my lips point to the sky, searching:&lt;br /&gt;I know just where you are.&lt;br /&gt;Our veins tighten at an unbearable speed.&lt;br /&gt;A light breeze swirls through the sheets as I rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your breath now burns on my skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, my body sinks on your bed.&lt;br /&gt;I exhale and lie still;&lt;br /&gt;your finger starts tickling my nose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I smile, saying our first words:&lt;br /&gt;Yes, it's the smell of spring.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-455805073413596230?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/455805073413596230/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=455805073413596230' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/455805073413596230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/455805073413596230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/10/morning_08.html' title='Morning'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-7924163062909137529</id><published>2009-07-28T10:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-28T10:57:24.786-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cuentos'/><title type='text'>Exorcismos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Esa tarde pasó dos horas esperando en la guardia de un hospital, su abuela había limpiado con un papelito los asientos de plástico azul. La sala de espera, impregnada por un olor desagradable e irreconocible, estaba casi vacía. De vez en cuando llegaba alguien, preguntaba quién era el último, golpeaba la puerta, se sentaba, esperaba también, una madre con su hijo, una pareja, dos hermanas. Pero no llegaba a verlos bien; tenía los ojos cerrados, estaba casi dormida pero no por sueño sino a causa del dolor, y nada de lo que sucedía a su alrededor le importaba demasiado: ni siquiera esperaba que la puerta se abriera y que alguien la llamara, sino que prefería quedarse así, entredormida, en ese umbral preciso en el que el dolor se volvía imaginario, como si fuera parte de un mal sueño.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Por la ventana entraba la luz del sol, cuya presencia imprevista en aquel domingo de invierno de a ratos le recordaba que estaba ahí, esperando nada. La persistencia de aquella escena de puerta cerrada y personas mirando silenciosamente el vacío la obligó a moverse. El dolor se hacía cada vez más insoportable, cesaba de a ratos únicamente para volver con más fuerza. Vamos, dijo, no vale la pena seguir esperando, mientras le hacía una seña a su abuela para que se acercara a la salida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Abandonaron el edificio sombrío de paredes casi blancas, caminando lentamente en busca de algún medio de transporte que las llevara a otro hospital, a otro lado al menos, pero la calle estaba desierta. Siguieron caminando por las veredas de baldosas rotas y casas con rejas, una cargando con su cuerpo cansado y los nervios, la otra con el dolor que invadía su frente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Unas cuadras más, un viaje, otra sala con otra puerta, esta vez con menos gente. Esta puerta no era como la anterior, sí se abría: había pagado para que se abriera y la dejaran entrar. Claro, sólo había que pagar, es la única llave que funciona cuando de abrir puertas se trata. No importaba, finalmente estaba ahí, la iban a liberar de ese dolor que la perseguía desde hacía días y que ella había estado esquivando. Había tratado de esconderse, de demorar el enfrentamiento. Quería un cumpleaños en paz, estar tranquila y ser moderadamente feliz, pero durante todo el tiempo hubo algo más, algo que estaba angustiosamente cerca y que la encontró pronto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Tenés vómitos le preguntó, sí le dijo, estuve vomitando todo el día, abrí la boca y decí A y ella dejó salir una nota sostenida, cuya altura trataba de mantener para distraerse y que su cuerpo -que estaba furioso, atacaba ante cualquier estímulo- no reaccionara mientras la observaban. Aun así no le prestaron atención. Más analgésicos, más escaparse, voy a vomitar, no creo, es idea tuya, te digo que lo siento, estoy por vomitar otra vez, y entonces vomitó el cesto de basura que había ahí, y de pronto algo tangible, el ruido del líquido contra la bolsa y los paquetes de golosinas, la mano de su abuela en su frente, déjenme vomitar tranquila, basta, déjenme, mientras el flujo interminable de ácido transparente que salía de su cuerpo les mostraba que estaba ahí, que todo existía realmente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Al final estaba sola con sus vómitos, nadie que le dijera qué podía hacer ni cómo enfrentarse a ellos, nada que le proporcionara el alivio que buscaba. Tendría que hacerlo a su manera. Eso debía ser el infierno, seguramente, encontrarse acurrucada en un sillón, en posición fetal, con erupciones en su piel, con un dolor que la inutilizaba por completo. Necesito estar sola, no me toques, estoy a punto de. La opresión que sentía en la cabeza, en el pecho, en la garganta, en el estómago, todo comenzó a expulsarlo nuevamente mediante contracciones involuntarias, inesperadas, con una fuerza sorprendente para sus pequeños músculos. Descubrió que podía confiar en su cuerpo, en que éste arrancaría los parásitos de sus entrañas a la fuerza cuando tuviera que hacerlo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Finalmente lo vomitó todo. El dolor desaparecía de a poco, el nudo en su garganta se aflojaba, ya no estaba dominada por las náuseas. Veía con más claridad, de repente estar despierta se había vuelto soportable, y así fue que vio una chica con cara de torta, brazos gorditos y una blusa fea, un idiota que jamás supo mirar más allá de su ombligo, recuerdos penosos, palabras punzantes, voces que la juzgaban, opiniones poco acertadas. Sobre todas las cosas, ese miedo a no ser querida por no ser querible, esa sensación de que no ser suficiente. Pensó en todo el tiempo que había estado escondida por miedo a esos fantasmas, mientras que en realidad era más probable que ellos tuvieran más miedo. Los miró tranquila, sabiendo que eran un espejismo y que no había nada en ellos; por primera vez los dejó pasar. Es que en el fondo, todavía se reconocía en esa niñita de la que todos se burlaban, la solía sentarse en la escalera a leer en los recreos. Aunque ya no quedara nada de ella, únicamente el sentirse vulnerable. Las inseguridades habían desaparecido. Porque es verdad, porque esa mujer que encontró en su lugar es muy diferente, ya no tiene que esconderse de nada ni de nadie, ya no tiene miedo, sino que es al revés, son los demás los que le temen a ella, que se esconden.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Entonces en ese momento piensa que a veces es así, que los exorcismos son bastante incómodos, dolorosos, pero que para vivir de verdad es necesario deshacerse de los fantasmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-7924163062909137529?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/7924163062909137529/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=7924163062909137529' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/7924163062909137529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/7924163062909137529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/07/exorcismos.html' title='Exorcismos'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-4463458423035507310</id><published>2009-06-04T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-04T09:49:59.621-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>II</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;this comfortable void arrived at last&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;while i was waiting for all hopes to vanish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;suddenly they left me so quietly, unannounced&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;in spite of the longing caused by my fear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;then, a sudden pause; now this awkward silence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;regardless of doubts i am starving for reasons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;sinking in uncertainty for wondering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;if your ceaseless secrecy could be shattered&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;by idle words posing as questions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;exactly how you carefully unfolded my indifference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;so oddly, possibly unaware&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;and once more I have caught, breaking&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;into this unworn nothingness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;the sound of your fingers touching my arm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-4463458423035507310?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/4463458423035507310/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=4463458423035507310' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/4463458423035507310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/4463458423035507310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/06/ii.html' title='II'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-5866340181952147778</id><published>2009-05-24T19:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-26T07:17:45.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poemas'/><title type='text'>Dilación</title><content type='html'>quiero que seas la constante en este caos&lt;br /&gt;que atravieso. estoy hecha de fragmentos&lt;br /&gt;que no se reconocen, pero basta con saber&lt;br /&gt;que ambos vemos cómo el tiempo se bifurca en una frase&lt;br /&gt;cómo su linealidad no alcanza&lt;br /&gt;para explorarnos en las posibilidades&lt;br /&gt;del manifiesto que en segundos inventamos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quiero encontrarte cuando mi mirada cambie&lt;br /&gt;y desordenarme entre tus brazos&lt;br /&gt;luego de haberme perdido&lt;br /&gt;una y otra vez en las primeras líneas de un poema,&lt;br /&gt;en el segundo desayuno en el pasillo&lt;br /&gt;en el sonido de tus manos sobre el piano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sé que por ahora estamos escondidos&lt;br /&gt;en márgenes opuestos. sólo puedo ofrecerte un té,&lt;br /&gt;algunas notas, y vos a mí esa sonrisa&lt;br /&gt;que se atreve a concluir cada semana.&lt;br /&gt;por el momento nos sirve; mientras tanto,&lt;br /&gt;habrá que pedirle al tiempo&lt;br /&gt;que me deje apropiarme de esta calle&lt;br /&gt;hasta que tus ojos se desvíen de lo contingente&lt;br /&gt;y ese contrato invisible se destruya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;la urgencia de escribirte&lt;br /&gt;surge de las horas que pasé leyéndote.&lt;br /&gt;por eso es necesario que estemos distraídos&lt;br /&gt;como dos voluntades que buscan disolverse&lt;br /&gt;en la posibilidad de existir en otro tiempo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;que lo desconocido en este espejo permanezca:&lt;br /&gt;este es el sentido de gritarle al aire.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-5866340181952147778?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/5866340181952147778/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=5866340181952147778' title='1 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/5866340181952147778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/5866340181952147778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/05/quiero-que-seas-la-constante-en-este.html' title='Dilación'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-3502557897202976978</id><published>2009-05-23T17:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T17:04:17.460-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>It is an ending.</title><content type='html'>I am full of words:&lt;br /&gt;Slowly their rhythm transforms me&lt;br /&gt;and being crushed by you&lt;br /&gt;leaves no more than a scar that will eventually fade.&lt;br /&gt;This is just another story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know that well; unfortunately,&lt;br /&gt;there is nothing more certain than right now, right here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The truth is I can effortlessly destroy you.&lt;br /&gt;I have the power of turning you into a sentence, and as such&lt;br /&gt;your face becomes a blur, you no longer exist.&lt;br /&gt;You disappear as the words flow from my pen:&lt;br /&gt;I am no longer the victim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I see only one problem in this:&lt;br /&gt;In this explosion I destroy the one&lt;br /&gt;I am with you. It is a painful death,&lt;br /&gt;but unavoidable.&lt;br /&gt;So I will try to mourn it as soon as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet among the ashes I find&lt;br /&gt;that the me I was before you is still myself&lt;br /&gt;and she is intact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are a lot of things a girl can do with a voice.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-3502557897202976978?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/3502557897202976978/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=3502557897202976978' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/3502557897202976978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/3502557897202976978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/05/it-is-ending.html' title='It is an ending.'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-8083118825962162460</id><published>2009-05-23T16:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T17:01:03.779-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>IV</title><content type='html'>your words annoy me, yet I like&lt;br /&gt;your voice&lt;br /&gt;as it awakens the cravings that had been put to sleep&lt;br /&gt;by a collection of moments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your silence haunts me, still I hail&lt;br /&gt;its threats&lt;br /&gt;unsafely as I banish these urges from the surface&lt;br /&gt;though I rejoice as they approach me&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;your stare disturbs me, but I dare&lt;br /&gt;your eyes&lt;br /&gt;to contemplate the risk they have not taken&lt;br /&gt;before your memory draws a blank over my image&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please do not think that I am inviting you to guess&lt;br /&gt;about your hesitations I cannot longer care&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as the one whose attempts fail, endlessly, at&lt;br /&gt;this game of emptiness&lt;br /&gt;I am astonished at how well you play it&lt;br /&gt;how concealment serves you as a weapon&lt;br /&gt;and your countenance simply a disguise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;at least I have accepted, amidst all made up meanings&lt;br /&gt;that your elusive kiss will remain an idea&lt;br /&gt;and like a proper war, this one goes on inside me&lt;br /&gt;due to the excessive space between your body and mine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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(I do not know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;if the effect of time melted our chances&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;or if it was your indifference&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;or maybe both)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;and in this blindness, abandoned by reality&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;among the shadows of this prison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;the borders of your shape   sharp as knives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;pierce the darkness that hides me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;finally today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;      i bear the evidence of your presence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;      as your mere proximity leaves a trace of blood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-7875268677243519804?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/7875268677243519804/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=7875268677243519804' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/7875268677243519804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2739646923539302137/posts/default/7875268677243519804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/2009/05/once-again-i-am-alone-thrown-in-instant.html' title='III'/><author><name>Little Snail</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02345259889289984605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-6665976405824855840</id><published>2009-05-20T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T09:01:59.098-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Outbreak</title><content type='html'>Nothing more violent than this softness in which you trap me; you&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;appear at noon, desperately searching&lt;br /&gt;hungry for words, starving for insights&lt;br /&gt;not unlike a spider pursuing its prey:&lt;br /&gt;terrifying on purpose, progressive and sly.&lt;br /&gt;I never know when you will swallow me entirely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has to be artfully done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A scream may seem a whisper to your useless ears&lt;br /&gt;It has no effect. You respond exclusively&lt;br /&gt;to the exhaustion of wit, you proceed to drain me,&lt;br /&gt;questioning my veins with such hateful patience&lt;br /&gt;lengthening the pleasure caused by my many deaths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has already been done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would rather&lt;br /&gt;throw myself at a carnivorous beast&lt;br /&gt;faster at killing, painlessly&lt;br /&gt;and with no preliminaries. You, quite the opposite,&lt;br /&gt;after proving my slavery constant, leave me&lt;br /&gt;utterly untouched,&lt;br /&gt;bloodless and empty;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and when my hiding place fails me, I lie&lt;br /&gt;motionless, wondering at my immanent fragility.&lt;br /&gt;Surely you are thirsty; if only I could poison my tears.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nothing more violent than your softness; you&lt;br /&gt;murder the oxygen in this room with each breath&lt;br /&gt;the damage you inflict so ridiculously unexpected.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-6665976405824855840?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/6665976405824855840/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s5703.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2739646923539302137.post-7550130263526430926</id><published>2009-05-20T08:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-20T08:04:18.016-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poems'/><title type='text'>Aftermath</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I am finally leaving you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;alone with your toys and your scars.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;You are now free to indulge in admiring their shape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;This time I will not insist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;if you choose to remain in the shadows you create.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;You have vanished me from each of your hours&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;to avoid the panic caused by a glimpse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;of the outside of your mind.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;There is not such danger here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I can only wonder about your ignorance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I could not wait for you to recover from such news.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I wanted to make you tremble, push you to the edge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;of your stupid existence by showing you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;there was nothing under your bed or behind the curtains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;You have found comfort in not breathing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;And when I foolishly opened a window you closed your eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;You never really saw me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I did not care for a detailed description of each one of your ghosts,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;nor for an inventory of your weaknesses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;All that I wanted&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;was the sort of intensity you cannot bear.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;So I am leaving today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;but you will surely find me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;writing our epitaph in a lonely room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;I do not recognize myself in this grave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2739646923539302137-7550130263526430926?l=utterlyempty.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://utterlyempty.blogspot.com/feeds/7550130263526430926/comments/default' title='Enviar comentarios'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2739646923539302137&amp;postID=7550130263526430926' title='0 comentarios'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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