BOGOTÁ II
You said: “I’ll go to another country, go to another shore, find another city better than this one. Whatever I try to do is fated to turn out wrong and my heart lies buried like something dead. How long can I let my mind moulder in this place? Wherever I turn, wherever I look, I see the black ruins of my life, here, where I’ve spent so many years, wasted them, destroyed them totally.” You won’t find a new country, won’t find another shore. This city will always pursue you. You’ll walk the same streets, grow old in the same neighborhoods, turn gray in these same houses. You’ll always end up in this city. Don’t hope for things elsewhere: there’s no ship for you, there’s no road Now that you’ve wasted your life here, in this small corner, you’ve destroyed it everywhere in the world. C.P. Cavafy, “The City” Yo nací con mis vecinos cuando hablar era un peligro allá en el 73. Y crecí mirando un cielo que ya no parece eterno ni con guerras ni con fe. Me enseñaron de ...