translated from the Spanish by Ana Portnoy Brimmer
Unbridled, I come
with a planetary pain
I want to bound …
—Dalia Nieves Albert
I carry a hollow.
Fill it with everything big and small
I encounter along the way
only to realize
not everything that fits in my pocket
is mine to keep.
Bolsillo
Yo vengo desmedida
con un dolor de mundo
que quiero delimitar…
—Dalia Nieves Albert
Cargo con un hueco.
Lo lleno de todo lo grande y pequeño
que me encuentra en el camino
para justo darme cuenta
no todo lo que cabe en el bolsillo
me pertenece.
From La única cosa importante / The Only Thing That Matters © 2027 by Amanda Hernández and Ana Portnoy Brimmer. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press.