Luis Muñoz

Thinking It Over

Translated from Spanish by Lawrence Schimel and Spencer Reece

You and I were once you two.
Our fish, chairs, leaves
were yours.
The sun’s silence.
The magnifying glass with ears,
a tongue and nose.
The obliterating morning.
The curt greeting.
These vexing details were yours.

You two were once us.
The pattern of company
and loneliness.
Our shared past to come.
The river’s tendons.
The boy shimmering
in the gloomy air.
A tireless vacuum that sucks up shadows.
A backpack full of future images.
The fusing bodies were ours.