THE HALLUCINATED

 

Too many asphalted streets of Llucmajor spread

over my body, at the window.

In the house where I was born, I try with clumsy eagerness

to compose clarities, words that light up

in crystals of sense when assembling. They come

just as if they were waiting for you, if there is luck

- fingers, already necessary as always, fruits of the garden

of silence. They fairly agree for the game,

of living so little, so knock don't knock

you just exhale  in death's.

TEBEO: “L'Al·lucinat”, 1992

Translated by Carlota Oliva.

(Llucmajor, 1958). Miquel Cardell i Santandreu is a poet and journalist. As a child he felt drawn to poetry and the discovery of Mallorcan poets. He studied Communication sciences in Barcelona, where his first book of poems Elegia dels grumers was published in 1978. He has collaborated with the local press and other media outlets throughout his journalistic career, as well as participating actively in cultural events, talks and reciting poetry. Among his published works are titles that include Magazine (1983), Tebeo (1992), Les terrasses d´Avalon (2008) or Les barques de la boira (2011).