Malva Flores
translated by Jennifer Buentello


from Galápagos

Anthuriums

We must invent new ways of breathing.
Breathing which does not only consume air

Roberto Juarroz


The causes of exile no longer matter but find some foothold: some lump of salt for the skinny
horse that left smelling faintly of rancid carrot.

Have you seen how, suddenly, anthuriums bloom here?