El amanecer de la oruga

Debajo una mañanade un coche se encontrabaun gatito chiquitínque maullando estaba.Debajo una mañanade un coche se encontrabaun gatito chiquitínque maullando estaba.―Miau, miau ―decía muy tristese encontraba perdidoy allí muy quietecitose había escondido.―Miau, miau ―seguía maullandopero nadie le escuchabatodos estaban dormidosera por la madrugada.―Miau, miau ―seguía y seguíay un niño le escuchóse levantó de la camay la ventana abrió.

Selección de poemas escritos entre 2003 y 2008 por Rafael Sarmentero. Prólogo escrito por Ignatius Farray, humorista de la Paramount Commedy.

I am discovering the love that I have for myself. I am finding comfort in being alone. I can take all that time to better myself and my craft. Both entities I have mentioned are improving tremendously. I have made a lot of mistakes, yes. I have said a lot of things that I had no business saying, yes. Through those errors is where the true growth comes in. I'm glad that I was singled out, or not paid any attention to. It gave me all the motivation that I needed. Thank you.

The vision begins with a river. From this river, you can see a village, marine life, and ancestral rituals. It is here that you recognize origins, and a poison beginning to spread through paradise. Suddenly, a premonition: a wounded animal. The certainty of war cries. What you take with you is what you become, each movement a gamble, a lottery of life that transforms you until this moment, when uncertainty becomes an ally. Lotería: Nocturnal Sweepstakes is a collection of deeply evocative coming-of-age poems that take the reader on a voyage through the intimate experiences of displacement....