Humberto Ak'abal

1952 / Momostenango

I Would Like

The birds
sing in full flight
and in full flight they shit.

I stare at them,
and my gaze follows
until the string
my vision has given them ends.

How I would like to be a bird
and fly, fly, fly
and sing, sing, sing
and shit-with pleasure
on some people
and some
things!

Translation: Miguel Rivera and Robert Bly
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