Posts filed under Literatura

Overshadowing Lust

A night in a full moon, doors open then close, windows open then close. The air turns humid making it impossible for young April to breath.  The Shadow comes and goes.  IT comes nearer but in her mind she pushes it away.  IT comes and crawls onto her neck.  The air becomes hotter and she begins to suffocate.  Rain begins to pour over April´s sweated face, and again the Shadow seeks for her.  She crawls under the moonlight but the Shadow grabs her ankles making April scream and terrifying bats fly away in terror.  Her heartbeat accelerates but the rain dissipates her thunderous emotions. 

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

Misread by Society

Luis Negrón is a Puerto Rican author who has recently become more well-known due to Mundo Cruel, a book that was published by “La Secta de los Perros” in 2010. His works are generally focused on the gay community, the marginalized, and people who “are less to society.” Written in this same vein, The Pain of Reading is an October 2012 story that he wrote for The New York Times. It presents the dynamics of a dysfunctional family that lives in southeastern Puerto Rico. 

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

Sunlight Lost

I could see the guards looking around the shopping mall with hesitation, taking small cautious steps through the halls. They try to point their flashlights at every dark corner they find in their way, but they all know that that will not assure them of their definite safety. Those creatures always linger around, from the floor to the roof, under every couch and over every clothing rack. The guards attempt to stare at it all, but the ghosts will not leave them at peace, not until they had no choice but to move on.

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

Relato de cómo me hice hombre

Ya estábamos a punto de casarnos, apenas faltaban seis meses para el gran día. Gran día para ella quien se desvivía por la decoración, invitados, regalos, vestido de novia y vestidos para damas de honor. Detalles para mí un tanto triviales como el color de las cintas de los manteles, o el tipo de utensilio a utilizarse.

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

El simulacro de las pantallas

Comencemos por situarnos en algún lugar o espacio de la Tierra para por unos breves minutos, darle cuerda a este relato.  Según la carta del emisario, no es necesario que las dimensiones geográficas del espacio posean una extensión coloquial de 100 x 35 porque este relato transeúnte trasciende fronteras y mucho de lo que percibimos como dado o cierto. Algunos dirán que estas son las cosas que le dan certeza a nuestras capacidades y nuestras debilidades.

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

World Harmony

It was never about us,

It was never about hope,

The reigns of reality were held on

By necrophilic dullahans

As we rode with them unto our destruction.

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.

Días y Flores

Sí. Lo vi. Presencié cuando sorbió lo que quedaba de su café. Se levantó de la mesa y se dirigía a la puerta cuando sucedió. Lo recuerdo todo muy claro. Vestía una camisa de botones de mangas cortas por eso del infernal calor primaveral y un pantalón largo de color guayaba. Me dijo que por fin iba a firmar el contrato. Primero iba a hacer unas diligencias “Tú sabes, es que no puedo pedirle a nadie que vaya por mi”.

Posted on September 15, 2014 and filed under Literatura.