A poem by Ximena G\u00f3mez, translated from the Spanish by the author and George Franklin.<\/i><\/p>\n
The chair, the desk, the bookshelves,
\nThe air filter, Bach\u2019s music.
\nYour ashes, Mother, inside
\nA wooden box, books in front.
\nOn top, a handwritten card
\nThat I never gave to you.
\nMonths ago, I opened it,
\nFound little pieces of bone,
\nGrit, fine green stones, strange odor
\nOf old books, of soil, iron.
\nThere, not sleeping, not resting,
\nLifeless between the books and
\nThe clutter.\u00a0 Still there, among
\nDust, neglect. Someone speaks from
\nThe next room, one who arrived
\nAfter you died.\u00a0 It was the
\nAnniversary of your
\nDeath, open jars by the bath,
\nPots spread around the kitchen\u2026
\nChaos.\u00a0 He\u2019s resting now on
\nMy bed, eats at my table,
\nDrinks wine, laughs.\u00a0 Suddenly,
\nI smell your talcum powder,
\nJohnson\u2019s soap on your blue dress.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A poem by Ximena G\u00f3mez, translated from the Spanish by the author and George Franklin. The chair, the desk, the bookshelves, The air filter, Bach\u2019s music. Your ashes, Mother, inside A wooden box, books in front. On top, a handwritten card That I never gave to you. Months ago, I opened it, Found little pieces […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-41E","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15499,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15478\/revisions\/15499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}