OBJECTS & APPARITIONS
For Joseph Cornell
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Hexahedrons of wood and glass,
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scarcely bigger than a shoebox,
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with room in them for night and all its lights.
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Monuments to every moment,
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refuse of every moment, used:
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cages for infinity.
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Marbles, buttons, thimbles, dice,
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pins, stamps, and glass beads:
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tales of the time.
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Memory weaves, unweaves the echoes:
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in the four corners of the box
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shadowless ladies play at hide-and-seek.
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Fire buried in the mirror,
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water sleeping in the agate:
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solos of Jenny Colonne and Jenny Lind.
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"One has to commit a painting," said Degas,
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"the way one commits a crime." But you constructed
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boxes where things hurry away from their names.
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Slot machine of visions,
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condensation flask for conversations,
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hotel of crickets and constellations.
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Minimal, incoherent fragments
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the opposite of History, creator of ruins,
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out of your ruins you have made creations.
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Theater of the spirits:
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objects putting the laws
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of identity through hoops.
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"Grand Hotel de la Couronne": in a vial,
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the three of clubs and, very surprised,
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Thumbelina in gardens of reflection.
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A comb is a harp strummed by the glance
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of a little girl
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born dumb.
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The reflector of the inner eye
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scatters the spectacle:
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God all alone above an extinct world.
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The apparitions are manifest,
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their bodies weigh less than light,
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lasting as long as this phrase lasts.
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Joseph Cornell: inside your boxes
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my words became visible for a moment.
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Análisis métrico
42
Versos
8.8
Media silábica
368
Sílabas totales