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Más abajo, entre grupos <strong>de</strong><br />

güiscoyoles42 y <strong>de</strong> ishcanales43 , dormían<br />

charcos azules como cáscaras <strong>de</strong> cielo,<br />

largas y oloríferas. Las sombras se<br />

habían <strong>de</strong>sbarrancado encima <strong>de</strong> los<br />

paredones; y en la corriente pacha,<br />

quebradita y silenciosa, rodaban<br />

piedrecitas <strong>de</strong> cal.<br />

La Juanita se sentó a <strong>de</strong>scansar: estaba<br />

agitada; los pechos —bien ceñidos<br />

por el traje— se le querían ir y ella los<br />

sofrenaba con suspiros imperiosos.<br />

El ojo diagua se le quedaba viendo<br />

sin parpa<strong>de</strong>ar, mientras la chucha<br />

lengüeaba golosamente el manantial,<br />

con las cuatro patas ensambladas en<br />

la arena virgen. Río abajo, se bañaban<br />

unas ramas. Cerca, unos peñascales<br />

verdosos sudaban el día.<br />

La Juanita sacó un espejo, <strong>de</strong>l tamaño<br />

<strong>de</strong> un colón, y empezó a espiarse con<br />

cuidado. Se arregló las mechas, se<br />

limpió con el <strong>de</strong>lantal la frente sudada;<br />

y como se quería, cuando a solas, se<br />

<strong>de</strong>jó un beso en la boca, mirando<br />

con recelo alre<strong>de</strong>dor, por miedo a<br />

que la bieran ispiado. Haciendo al<br />

escote comulgar con el espejo,<br />

se bajó <strong>de</strong> la piedra y comenzó a<br />

27<br />

Further down, among groups of<br />

güiscoyol44 palms and ishcanal45 trees,<br />

large and fragrant pools were sleeping<br />

like the skin of the blue sky. The shadows<br />

had fallen on the mountain si<strong>de</strong>s and in<br />

the shallow current, broken and silent,<br />

small lime stones were rolling.<br />

Tired, Juana sat down to rest. Her<br />

breasts, severely constrained by her<br />

dress, wanted to break free but she<br />

would rein them back sharply with<br />

imperious breaths. The spring-fed<br />

pond watched her without blinking.<br />

Her dog was lapping up the spring<br />

with her tongue, her four legs buried<br />

in the virgin sand. Down the river, the<br />

sun was bathing the branches. Nearby,<br />

some greenish rocks were sweating out<br />

the day.<br />

Juana took out a mirror, the size of a<br />

Colón46 , and started to carefully assess<br />

her reflection. She fixed her unruly<br />

hair, wiped her sweaty forehead with<br />

her apron, and because she was vain,<br />

when in private, she left herself a<br />

kiss on her mouth in the mirror, and<br />

looked around cautiously, fearful<br />

that someone might have seen her.<br />

After she had ma<strong>de</strong> her breast line<br />

42. También conocido como “biscoyol”. Bactris (guianensis, major or longiseta). Palmera <strong>de</strong>lgada <strong>de</strong><br />

largas y afiladas espinas.<br />

43. Conocido también como “iscanal negro, guascanal, cutupito y cachito”.<br />

44. Or Huiscoyol. Johnson: A small palm tree of lowland rainforest, occurring up to 1,000 meters.<br />

45. Acacia bursaria. Tree with mahogany-colored thorns.<br />

46. Or “The size of a dollar bill.” The Colón was the legal ten<strong>de</strong>r between 1919 and 2001 before the<br />

dollarization process in 2001. 1US$ = C8.75

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