Reyes magos, Brenda Shaughnessy

 π‘…π˜Œπ‘Œπ˜Œπ‘† π‘€π˜ˆπΊπ˜–π‘† π΅π˜™πΈπ˜•π·π˜ˆ π˜šπ»π˜ˆπ‘ˆπ˜Žπ»π˜•πΈπ˜šπ‘†π˜ 


i𝑛c𝑙u𝑖dπ‘œ 𝑒n s𝑒 𝑙i𝑏rπ‘œ 𝑂uπ‘Ÿ 𝐴n𝑑rπ‘œm𝑒dπ‘Ž (2012)

Si tan solo hubieras sido una mejor madre.

¿π‘„𝑒𝑒́ π‘šπ‘’ π‘“π‘Žπ‘™π‘‘π‘œ́ π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Ž π‘ π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘’π‘›π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘—π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’?
π‘‡π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘–́π‘Ž π‘žπ‘’π‘’ β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘ π‘–π‘‘π‘œ π‘’π‘›π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘—π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘ π‘œπ‘›π‘Ž
𝑦 𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑛 π‘‘π‘œπ‘› π‘žπ‘’π‘’ π‘›π‘œ π‘šπ‘’ 𝑓𝑒𝑒 π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘œ.

¿EstΓ‘s diciendo que la culpa es de alguien mΓ‘s?

𝐸𝑙 π‘‘π‘œπ‘› 𝑑𝑒 π‘¦π‘œ π‘šπ‘–π‘ π‘šπ‘Ž β„Žπ‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘œ π‘’π‘›π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘—π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’,
𝑑𝑒 π‘žπ‘’π‘’ π‘šπ‘– π‘π‘Ÿπ‘œπ‘π‘–π‘Ž π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’ π‘‘π‘Žπ‘šπ‘π‘–π‘’́𝑛 π‘™π‘Ž β„Žπ‘’π‘π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘‘π‘œ.
𝐸𝑙 π‘‘π‘œπ‘› π‘žπ‘’π‘’ 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’.

¿QuiΓ©n debΓ­a darlo?

¿π‘Œ π‘¦π‘œ π‘π‘œ́π‘šπ‘œ π‘£π‘œπ‘¦ π‘Ž π‘ π‘Žπ‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘™π‘œ?

Bueno, ¿y cΓ³mo se supone que debo vivir?

πΆπ‘Ÿπ‘’π‘œ π‘žπ‘’π‘’ 𝑑𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑠 π‘£π‘–π‘£π‘–π‘Ÿ π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘œ 𝑠𝑖 𝑑𝑒 β„Žπ‘’π‘π‘–π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘› π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘œ
π‘’π‘›π‘Ž π‘šπ‘’π‘—π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘£π‘–π‘‘π‘Ž. 𝑃𝑒́π‘–π‘›π‘Žπ‘‘π‘’, π‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘Ž π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘’π‘§π‘Žπ‘Ÿ.

Me cortΓ© el cabello para venderlo
y comprarte lo que querΓ­as.

π‘†π‘œ́π‘™π‘œ π‘žπ‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘–́π‘Ž 𝑑𝑒 π‘“π‘’π‘™π‘–π‘π‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘.

¡No puedo darte eso!
¿QuΓ© harΓ­a JesΓΊs?
Γ‰l tambiΓ©n tuvo una madre rara…

π‘ˆπ‘ π‘Ž π‘™π‘Ž π‘šπ‘–π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿπ‘Ž, 𝑒𝑙 π‘–π‘›π‘π‘–π‘’π‘›π‘ π‘œ, π‘π‘œπ‘šπ‘œ 𝑠𝑖 𝑑𝑒 π‘“π‘’π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘›
π‘‘π‘Žπ‘‘π‘œπ‘  𝑠𝑖𝑛 π‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘–π‘π‘–π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘ , π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿ π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘β„Žπ‘œ 𝑑𝑒 π‘›π‘Žπ‘π‘–π‘šπ‘–π‘’π‘›π‘‘π‘œ.

Es un enigma.

π‘‡π‘œπ‘‘π‘œπ‘  π‘™π‘œπ‘  π‘‘π‘œπ‘›π‘’π‘  π‘ π‘œπ‘› 𝑒𝑛 π‘’π‘›π‘–π‘”π‘šπ‘Ž, π‘‘π‘œπ‘‘π‘Žπ‘  π‘™π‘Žπ‘  π‘£π‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘ 
π‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘£π‘–π‘’π‘ π‘Žπ‘› π‘™π‘Žπ‘  π‘£π‘–π‘‘π‘Žπ‘  𝑑𝑒 π‘™π‘Žπ‘  π‘šπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ÿπ‘’π‘ .

Pero siempre es invierno en este mundo.
No hay final que acabe.

πΏπ‘Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ž 𝑑𝑒 π‘‘π‘Žπ‘Ÿ, π‘™π‘Ž π‘‘π‘’π‘šπ‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘‘π‘Ž
π‘‘π‘œπ‘›π‘‘π‘’ π‘™π‘œπ‘  π‘œπ‘ π‘œπ‘  π‘›π‘œ π‘π‘Žπ‘ π‘Žπ‘› π‘“π‘Ÿπ‘–́π‘œ
π‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘žπ‘’π‘’ π‘’π‘ π‘‘π‘Ž́𝑛 π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘–π‘‘π‘œπ‘ .

Los osos nunca tienen frΓ­o, Mami,
pero yo soy un oso muy, muy frΓ­o.

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versiΓ³n al espaΓ±ol: brianda pineda melgarejo

























MAGI
BRENDA SHAUGHNESSY incluido en su libro Our Andromeda (2012) If only you’d been a better mother. How could I have been a better mother? I would have needed a better self, and that is a gift I never received. So you’re saying it’s someone else’s fault? The gift of having had a better mother myself, my own mother having had a better mother herself. The gift that keeps on not being given. Who was supposed to give it? How am I supposed to know? Well, how am I supposed to live? I suppose you must live as if you had been given better to live with. Comb your hair, for instance. I cut off my hair, to sell for the money to buy you what you wanted. I wanted nothing but your happiness. I can’t give you that! What would Jesus do? He had a weird mother too… Use the myrrh, the frankincense, as if it were given unconditionally, your birthright. It’s a riddle. All gifts are a riddle, all lives are in the middle of mother-lives. But it’s always winter in this world. There is no end to ending. The season of giving, the season when the bears are never cold, because they are sleeping. The bears are never cold, Mama, but I am one cold, cold bear.

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