Still Life With Loops

Translator's Preface, Introduction by Robert Crawford.From PAST LOVE STILL LIFE: I i, I ii, I iii, I iv, I v, I vii, I viii, I xiii, I xxvii, I xxviii, I xxxi, I xxxiv, I xxv, II i, II ii, II iii, II v, II vi, II x, II xii, II xiii. El Pez / The Fish. From THE LOOPS OF THE FIGURE: Es un pasaje estrecho / There is a narrow passage, Yo estoy ahi / I am there, Cercada por una luz que desprende / The street is surrounded by a light, Lectura 27-xii-2000 11 pm / Reading 27-xii-2000 11 pm, Lectura 29-xii-2000 1.00 am / Reading 29-xii-2000 1.00 am, Lectura 8-i-2001 5.45 am / Reading 8-i-2001 5.45 am, Conferencia 13-i-2001 7.30 pm / Lecture 13-i-2001 7.30 pm, Lectura 9 / Reading 9, La maquina de museo resopla... / The engine from the museum snorts..., El cuerpo del agua esta metido / The mass of water is enclosed, En suenos mato a uno, / In dreams I kill someone, Petirrojo de cuerpo diminuto, / A robin with a tiny body, Padre / Father, Madre / Mother, Yo / Me, Me coloco detras de el / I stand behind him, Nada ocurre tal y como ocurre en el poema / Nothing happens in the way that it happens in the poem, La noche pasa como una enfermedad... / The night passes like an illness..., La cama es un pozo / The bed is a well, La maquina de museo consigue detener el agua, / The engine from the museum manages to stop the water, Hay un sobresalto inesperado pero regular / She has an unexpected but regular fright, El viento debe de ser eso / The wind must be this, Paso las hojas de la libreta / I turn the pages of the notebook, Me cortan un trozo de carne del hombro / They cut a piece of skin from my shoulder, Los cuerpos se tienden sobre... / The bodies lie down on..., El viento de la maquina bate / The wind from the machine strikes.Biographical notes.