I uproot & save
mental venture
I split the dream
of the slow
& neutral
Persist
& breath
My little flask
Pointy wisp
Pubescent valve
Join
the game
I smoke
& praise you
Hew
& raze you
Jungle
kill
Bulldoze
your sierra
Fire
to ash
I wait
& wait
And you
where are you
Fragrant
lantana
Aim
your voice
In calm
plains
In silence
wild
Erasing
the thirst
The weightless
altar
insults
the blood
Awake
diagonals
Rot
& Stand
Go & go
Flower
gaining
Plant your will!
Vicuña, Cecilia. “Jungle Kill.” Trans. Suzanne Jill Levine. Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water. Ed. Eliot Weinberger. Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 1992. pp. 139-43.