by Raquel Salas Rivera
in english the singular plural already exists
the i manyly
in spanish we have to invent the plural
ellx
elle
a bastard singular
a box of crackers/
duct tape/
soda decomposed/ in glue
in language what already exists wasn’t
what will be happens in languagx
in the(y) language
the present doesn’t matter
as much as the plural present
how do you manage in spanish to exist
singularly?
for me it is history
training for the present
a going up and down my chin
in the inglich
there is the laughter
at bad bunny’s accent
which rejects the not-here of the there
of a spanish dressed as english
of the nonagreement between article and noun
in spanish we say name for noun
for the history of touch
we fish grouper or merefish
that eats the remains of remains
we eat river
we drink sand
we defray the costs of the endless
it isn’t that i don’t believe in lines
for example
the circle is a line
that checks out
a knot is a queer line
in english
line has no gender
in spanish line
is feminine within language
a knot
for example
in english the plural becomes singular
or the
singular becomes hungry for plural
or the plurisingular of the english i
or
dame la mano paloma
or give me your hand pigeon
or give me your hand dove
or give me your hand paloma
where paloma is an aerial rat
or peaceful
or a supreme
defecator
or o or
a woman in a nest
who is pretext for song
where paloma is a knot of distances
between roof and plaza
between bridge and floor
between foot and ground
a knot of limitations
like we are
in language
it isn’t about
whether we are in one
but rather if we are one
if i one are
dost thou understand?
in spanish the plural we
invent
sounds like french
a time machine
in the body is for all
whitman (jaja) in your autumn
on the way to metallurgic winter
there are no leaves only
leaves of tin
and pin plam we sing the body
electric with generator
in case of emergencies
in spanish (in puerto rico)
inventing isn’t limited to creating objects
but rather to hatching encounters
something
and something isn’t limited to (some)thing
it is tied to inventing
let’s invent something
for example
in time
which is thursday night
we invent a language
within a language
within a language
(an x within
a puerto rico
within a spanish)
in trap
a gen(d)re
a song is invented
which contains two gen(d)res (bunnyette and
bunny/earring(screen) and earring/nail and nail polish/
flesh and custom)
that contains a no place
of now (qué se joda qué se joda
qué se joda) that is also
the historical stretch of oblivion
in addition to how many four-year terms
in which a last name is re-invented
a contradiction
has a bad rep most times
for example
to be of the present and at the same time denounce a past
abuse
to have before and after a storm
without storm shutters
to not choose (decide-yourself) one gen(d)re
nor denounce the misogyny
you wear today and tmw
maybe knowing the absurdity of the
pain you cause
has a bad rep
because we also don’t know
how to drive within a house
if an island is a house
if a stadium is a good place
to rehearse games
the games seriously
kill us outside
you can hurt (in me)
suddenly memoried
love is like that
familiar and excessive
a contradiction has a bad rep in both languages
unless you call it paradox
which sounds pretty and very university
but a contradiction is a knot
line that superchecksout(something)
until we answer
fuck off
vs. fuck it
both use the idea of entanglement
with a pointy object
to sew but without history
line with no guarantees
a knot is a nest of contradictions
a gen(d)re that seeks itself
and wounds the air
a fist with a knifeful
sound
more sound
different
ey
instead of ay
or o or
e of indifferent(e)
to indifference
wing a of the bird
of two wings
wing b
of the pigeon
e being decadent(e)
tangle
knot knot knot
and absinthe sun-soaked
by moon
for example
in spanish
gender is my name
if i add selectivity
it is also a song
and a contradiction if i take out
instrument
one is not one
but number and person
to add or subtract has a bad rep
unless you call it paradox
that sounds like university
architecture
or poem
for example
in inglichess
poems behave
very well if they are against well
they have poise
but in spanish
(in puerto rico)
(in one)
poems are in a bad way
the very bad bad
and they often come out
sung
Last updated November 07, 2022