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la tierra como <strong>de</strong> un racimo y, con la<br />

precisión <strong>de</strong> la costumbre, tomándole<br />

el refajo por la punta, la mondó316 como<br />

a un plátano. Su <strong>de</strong>snu<strong>de</strong>z era apretada<br />

y mielosa.<br />

* * *<br />

La tinaja <strong>de</strong> la noche se había rajado<br />

al flanco y el agua <strong>de</strong> oro <strong>de</strong>scurría,<br />

encharcándose al oriente. Una brisa<br />

morada bailaba <strong>de</strong>snuda en la playa<br />

oscura, antes <strong>de</strong> echarse al agua. La<br />

frente <strong>de</strong>l cerro pali<strong>de</strong>cía, avi zorante<br />

ante la inundación <strong>de</strong>l cielo. Un projundo<br />

frescor oloroso, brota ba a borbollones<br />

<strong>de</strong> la tierra. La Pabla se tapó la cara con<br />

el yagual more no <strong>de</strong> su brazo:<br />

—¡Irte, irte <strong>de</strong> mi lado, engrato que me<br />

bis arruinado!<br />

165<br />

from a bunch. With his usual precision<br />

he grabbed her skirt by the end and he<br />

husked her, peeling her like a plantain.<br />

Her naked body was tight and tasted<br />

like honey.<br />

* * *<br />

The jar of the night had been cracked on<br />

one si<strong>de</strong>, and the gol<strong>de</strong>n water leaked<br />

flooding east. A purple breeze, before<br />

casting over the water, danced nu<strong>de</strong><br />

on the dark beach. The forehead of<br />

the hill grew pale, watching attentively<br />

before the sky floo<strong>de</strong>d. A <strong>de</strong>ep fresh<br />

fragrance gushed out from the earth.<br />

Pabla covered her face with her dark<br />

arm like a yagual:<br />

“Away, git away from me, bastard.<br />

You’ve ruined me!<br />

316. RAE: mondar. (Del lat. mundāre). 1. tr. Limpiar o purificar algo quitándole lo superfluo o extraño<br />

mezclado con ello.

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