In early fall, in Minnesota, the rain falls, falls,
In buckets, buckets and more buckets: drops
Likened to music from its many streamsland
Of ten-thousand lakes; moistened gravel, gravel
Everywhere…

Grandpa sits on the porchdaydreaming of, of
Something, perhaps winter around the corner;
As the flies disappear, with the mosquitoes…
Leaves will soon vanish, shadows will come early

Maybe he’s thinking about summer: miles and miles
And miles and miles of cornfields; his childhood now
Long gone, he hums a hymn, a song; looking at the
Metal-piped fence, he made, with three poles, on the
Embankment, leading up the steps to the porch;
It’s worn-out like him.

The winds in Minnesota smell fresh, fresh from all
The foliage, there’s a lot of it. The eighty-three
Year old man looks about, on his screened in
Porch fetches his pipe, lights it up, sucks in a
Drag, pushes out some smoke: it drifts and drifts
In the corners of the house

“Ah!” he saysproud of his life eventsI say to
Myself (I’m but ten): “No doubt He’s already lived this?”

There are many stories he wants to tell, but first he
Wants to smell the fresh air, the burning of autumn
LeavesHe, never intended to have lived this long of
A life, I believe, the old bear, came from Russia in 1916;
He accepted lifeadjusted to it

He hears the sparrows, their feathers flapping, faintly
Soiled feathers, flapping, covering every inch of their
Bodies He notices frost on the nearby tree. It seems to
Him, the sun is bouncing off of the ground, he gets bits
And pieces of it on his face, it warms it, somehow,
Thaws it out…

He’s breathing in, frail like,like reading Faulkner, slowly
Does it, a ting uneasy. He never left Minnesota once, once
He arrived back home from WWI (1918), “…no need to,” he
Sayshe’s happy…
The fields are clean, animals in the barns; in the city,
People getting haircutseverything shutting down.
Winter is nowit came last night, a Minnesota winter
Is like no other. He just woke up, his bones chilled. The
Wind blows, now it whistles, no foliage to stop its echoes.

“There are only a few left like me,” he murmurs. The
Flavor of winter he likes; warm biscuits, hot coffee, a
Smoke from a pipe or cigar. Black branches that were
Green a few months ago: it’s 10-below zero.

He sees the beauty of Minnesota in a glance here and
ThereIt makes his brain swim with life; it is nature at its
Finest!…

For Kathy [#800 8/14/05]

In Spanish
Translated by: Nancy Penaloza

Respirando en, Minnesota
[un poema]

Al comienzo del Otoo, en Minnesota, la lluvia cae, cae, En cubos, cubos
Y ms cubos-: gotas Comparadas con la msica de sus muchos arroyuelos de
Diez mil lagos; grava humedecida, grava por todas partes…

El abuelo se sienta sobre el prtico, soando despierto, de Algo, quizs el invierno rondando la esquina-; mientras las moscas desaparecen, con los mosquitos…Las hojas pronto desaparecern, las sombras vendrn temprano

Tal vez l esta pensando en el verano: millas y millas y millas y millas de maizales;
Su niez ahora, hace mucho tiempo ida, l tararea un himno, una cancin; mirando

La valla metlica-entubada, que l hizo, con tres postes, sobre el Terrapln,
Conduciendo los pasos hacia el prtico; Esto esta desgastado como l.

Los vientos en Minnesota huelen fresco, fresco por todo el follaje, hay
Mucho de ello. El anciano de ochenta y tres aos mira alrededor, sobre su proteccin
En el Prtico trayendo su pipa, encendindolo, aspiran una Rastra, eliminando el humo: esto va a la deriva y llega las esquinas de la casa

” Ah!” l dice – orgulloso de los acontecimientos de su vida- me digo a mi mismo (pero yo slo de diez): Sin duda “l ya vivi esto?”

Hay muchas historias que l quiere contar, pero primero, l quiere oler el aire fresco, la combustin de Hojas de otoo – l, nunca tuvo la intencin de haber vivido esto a lo largo de una vida, Yo creo, el viejo oso, vino de Rusia en 1916; l acept la vida- adaptado a ello.

l oye los gorriones, su batir de plumas, plumas apenas Manchadas, batir, cubriendo cada pulgada de sus Cuerpos – l nota la helada sobre el rbol cercano. Le parece, el sol esta saltando en el campo, l consigue aicos y pedazos de ello sobre su cara, esto calienta, de algn modo, Lo deshiela hacia fuera…

l esta respirando, frgil como, – como leyendo Faulkner, despacio hace esto, un tintineo difcil. l nunca dej Minnesota alguna vez, una vez que l lleg a casa de WWI (1918), “…ninguna necesidad”, l dice – que el es feliz…. los campos son limpios, los animales en los graneros; en la ciudad, la gente que consigue cortes de pelo todo cerrando abajo. El invierno esta ahora lleg anoche, un invierno del Minnesota no Se parece a ningn otro. Justo cuando el se despert, sus huesos enfriados. El Viento sopla, ahora esto silba, ningn follaje para parar sus ecos.

“Hay slo unos pocos dejados como yo ” murmura l. El Sabor del invierno le gusta; bizcochos calientes, caf caliente, fumar de una pipa o cigarro. Las ramas negras que eran Verdes hace unos meses-: esto es 10 bajo cero.

l ve la belleza de Minnesota en un vistazo aqu y All – Esto hace a su cerebro nadar con la vida; esto es la naturaleza en su fineza!…

Para Kathy [*800 8/14/05]

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