My mother looks

Translated from the Spanish by Manuel Iris and Pat Brennan

My mother looks out her window and says it’s raining 
I look outside
it is actually raining    She tells me
when you were a child you looked for puddles
to see the clouds        I open my window

everything smells like the taste of jicama

we hang up the phone              step outside 
and smile
as if we were looking at the same rain.

 

 


 

Mi madre mira

 

Mi madre mira su ventana y dice llueve
miro afuera
realmente está lloviendo        dice 
cuando niño te buscabas charcos 
para ver las nubes      abro mi ventana

todo huele como a sabor de jícama

colgamos el teléfono      salimos a la puerta 
sonreímos 
como si viéramos la misma lluvia

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Copyright © 2025 Manuel Iris and Pat Brennan. Used with the permission of the poet and translator. 

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