Poetry from The Literary Review
Eulogy for the Neutrino
- for Jesús Selpúlveda
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez
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I celebrate you because in the world no one is smaller and still you cross galaxies nebulas stars not reacting Because even being light you move much slower than light or rest unmoving correcting the theory of a warming universe Because thanks to you the past was only reheated plasma and not ashes The density of plasma reached thousands of millions of tons by cubic centimeter Because no one knew until now you were ninety seven percent of everything leaving only three to be divided up among sons of bitches and the rest Because thanks to you now no one is separated from anyone and everything tends to unite And it is not important where in a solid flame at a radiant point I celebrate you because you are essence of orgasm matter of tenderness or that tiny bit of nothing my aunt used to brown her custards Thank God the world is not infinite Like verse it is made up of syllables that can be counted The world fits in an alexandrine Translated from the Spanish by Katherine Hedeen |
