Curriculum Vitae

let’s say that you won the race

and that the prize

was another race

that you didn’t drink champagne

but your own sweat

that you didn’t hear cheering

but dogs barking

and that your own shadow

was your sole

and disloyal competitor

—

digamos que ganaste la carrera

y que el premio

era otra carrera

que no bebiste el vino de la victoria

sino tu propia sal

que jamás escuchaste vítores

sino ladridos de perros

y que tu sombra

fue tu única

y desleal competidora

[©Blanca Varela 2020, ©Carlos Lara 2020, reprinted with permission from Rough Song published by The Song Cave in 2020)