Poems by Claudio Vargas

"This be the verse"

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-21 13:37:35 UTC

They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.

Philip Larkin

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-21 13:46:39 UTC

"Elefantes marinos"

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-21 13:50:13 UTC

Miden generalmente cinco metros de largo.
Tienen los ojos grandes y brillantes,
dulces como los ojos de un animal nocturno.
Forman manadas, viven
en cavernas marinas.
Aparecen inmóviles:
grandes rocas negruzcas,
amarillentos, sucios, pesadamente informes.
Pertenecen al orden
de los pinnípedos,
familia de los fócidos.
Nombre científico:
Mirounga angustirostris.

José Emilio Pacheco

CXXX

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-21 13:57:44 UTC

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
     And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
     As any she belied with false compare.

William Shakespeare

"Mrs. Darwin"

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-21 13:59:42 UTC

7 April 1852.

Went to the zoo.

I said to Him -

Something about that chimpanzee over there reminds me of . you.

Carol Ann Duffy

monsieur_loignon — 2015-09-22 15:01:23 UTC