My sister woke me very early
that morning and told me
“Get up, you have to come see this
the ocean’s filled with stars”
Delighted by the revelation
I dressed quickly and thought
If the ocean’s filled with stars
I must take the first flight
and collect all of the fish from the sky
Mario Meléndez (Chile, 1971), translated from Spanish by Eloisa Amezcua
Source: Poetry Magazine (Sept. 2017)
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