Hi-Tone Haunting. Memphis. 2013. Barl (photo credit: Karen B. Golightly)
Audio for “Carta de una suicida,” read by Nancy J. Morales:
Carta de una suicida
Todo lo perdido
nuestro para siempre,
a prueba de vida,
a prueba de muerte.
Hoy soñé que ayer
era diferente
y me desperté
para no perderte.
Hoy soñé que era
lo mismo mañana:
por tenerte siempre
me morí en la cama.
Audio for “Suicide note,” read by Ellen Jane Johnson Hensel:
Suicide note
All that is lost
ours forever,
life-proof,
death-proof.
Today I dreamed that yesterday
was different
and I woke up
so I wouldn’t lose you.
Today I dreamed that it was
the same tomorrow:
to have you always
I died in bed.
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Ulalume González de León, translation by Terry Ehret, Nancy J. Morales, and John Johnson