The Future Walks on Baby Feet

Posted on May 16, 2025 by JMN

Detail, “Son and Daughter,” oil on canvas (JMN 2016).

Here’s my English reading of “Contar Cuentos” (Telling Stories), a poem written in Spanish by Azurea20 published at LA BANCARROTA DEL CIRCO on April 27, 2025.

TELLING STORIES
My memory invents you,
strips you naked
tells itself stories,
closes your eyes,
obliterates your mouth,
discovers verbs that are not
conjugated
nor partake of grammar.
They keep me busy,
words do.
I answer my own questions,
parley with the ambiguous
seduction of signals.
I traverse maps with a schizoid
compass.
I spread out the puzzle,
a house guest in my winter,
where I always end up when
evening falls.
Though time will be dissolved
around all of everything
and you’ll hear no more of me,
it will be the day
that footsteps falter
and from me takes wing
a petite post mortem shade.

(c) 2025 JMN — EthicalDative. All rights reserved

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About JMN

I live in Texas and devote much of my time to easel painting on an amateur basis. I stream a lot of music, mostly jazz, throughout the day. I like to read and memorize poetry.
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4 Responses to The Future Walks on Baby Feet

  1. Sue Grey-Smith's avatar Sue Grey-Smith says:
    May 17, 2025 at 12:32 am

    I really like this poem – it captures so many of the things that engage me.

    I especially relate to “They keep me busy, words do.” and “I traverse maps with a schizoid compass”.

    Thanks for another excellent post, Jim.

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  2. azurea20's avatar azurea20 says:
    May 18, 2025 at 6:54 pm

    Gracias por compartir y dejar constancia del blog “La bancarrota del circo”. Para mí es un honor y un estímulo que mis poemas tengan “eco”. Me gusta mucho como suena en la traducción.
    Un saludo, amigo.

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