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Alfonsina Storni: Siesta

Alfonsina Storni

(1892-1938)

S i e s t a 

Sobre la tierra seca
EI sol quemando cae:
Zumban los moscardones
Y las grietas se abren…
El viento no se mueve.
Desde la tierra sale
Un vaho como de horno;
Se abochorna la tarde
Y resopla cocida
Bajo el plomo del aire…
Ahogo, pesadez,
Cielo blanco; ni un ave.

Se oye un pequeño ruido:
Entre las pajas mueve
Su cuerpo amosaicado
Una larga serpiente.
Ondula con dulzura.
Por las piedras calientes
Se desliza, pesada,
Después de su banquete
De dulces y pequeños
Pájaros aflautados
Que le abultan el vientre.

Se enrosca poco a poco,
Muy pesada y muy blanda,
Poco a poco se duerme
Bajo la tarde blanca.
¿Hasta cuándo su sueño?
Ya no se escucha nada.
Larga siesta de víbora
Duerme también mi alma.

 

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