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mostraba su reventadura <strong>de</strong> caimito 290<br />

dulzón, en la cual pringaba ya la<br />

primera estrella como semilla briyosa. Al<br />

recuesto291 <strong>de</strong> la escurana, embolando el<br />

tetuntal, corría entre el agua llorona un<br />

piro que jedía a rojo, como en cluaca <strong>de</strong><br />

curtiembre292 . La humedá y la sombra<br />

subían en llamas negras hasta muy<br />

alto, lambiendo los muros <strong>de</strong>l cañón y<br />

ahumando los charrales en lo alto <strong>de</strong>l<br />

precepicio. Apersebido293 el calibre, los<br />

seis <strong>de</strong> la chichera avanzaban valientes,<br />

empujando una cortina <strong>de</strong> sor<strong>de</strong>ra.<br />

Trepaba y trepaba el arenal; y Vanegas,<br />

que iba al frente, al <strong>de</strong>scruzar un recodo,<br />

mandó hacer alto. Ya casi no se véiya.<br />

La última clarencia <strong>de</strong> la tar<strong>de</strong> se bía<br />

ido diluyendo en la tinta <strong>de</strong>l sombrial<br />

espeso; y apenas una mora<strong>de</strong>z <strong>de</strong> arena<br />

quedaba, como cuando queda azúcar<br />

al jondo <strong>de</strong>l café. Un bulto cheloso<br />

acababa <strong>de</strong> sumirse en la cantera, como<br />

una araña <strong>de</strong> pañal.<br />

—¡Alistéyense!<br />

Lo dijo bajito y sereno. Se veiya nomás<br />

que aquel era su ojicio. En aquel aguar<strong>de</strong><br />

breve, se oyó, claramente, cómo las<br />

seis lenguas <strong>de</strong> acero <strong>de</strong> los calibres se<br />

151<br />

first star that drizzled like a shiny seed<br />

of a ripe sweet star apple. 294 With the<br />

complicity the darkness, the discar<strong>de</strong>d<br />

moonshine ran with the crying water<br />

making the stones dizzy. It had a red<br />

stench like a butcher’s sewer. Humidity<br />

and darkness climbed up high in black<br />

flames, licking the walls of the canyon<br />

and filling the shrubs in the high parts<br />

of the precipice. Grabbing their rifles,<br />

the six moonshiners advanced valiantly,<br />

pushing a curtain of <strong>de</strong>afness.<br />

The sandy road climbed higher and<br />

higher. After rounding a turn, Vanegas,<br />

who was in front or<strong>de</strong>red his men to<br />

stop. It was almost impossible to see<br />

ahead. The last afternoon light had<br />

been diluting in the ink of the thick<br />

shadows. Only the purple color of sand<br />

was left behind like sugar at the bottom<br />

of a coffee cup. Like a spi<strong>de</strong>r wearing a<br />

diaper, a white shape just ducked into<br />

the quarry.<br />

“Get ready!”<br />

He said it quietly and calmly. One could<br />

tell that this was his job. During the<br />

short wait it was clearly heard how the<br />

six iron tongues of the rifles swallowed<br />

290. RAE: caimito. (De or. arahuaco). 1. m. Árbol silvestre <strong>de</strong> América Central, Antillas, Colombia y<br />

Venezuela, <strong>de</strong> la familia <strong>de</strong> las Sapotáceas, <strong>de</strong> corteza rojiza, ma<strong>de</strong>ra blanda, hojas alternas y ovales,<br />

flores blancuzcas y fruto redondo, <strong>de</strong>l tamaño <strong>de</strong> una naranja, <strong>de</strong> pulpa azucarada, mucilaginosa y<br />

refrigerante.<br />

291. A favor <strong>de</strong>.<br />

292. RAE: Sitio o taller don<strong>de</strong> se curten y trabajan las pieles.<br />

293. Arcaismo: apercibir.<br />

294 Or gol<strong>de</strong>nleaf tree. Chrysophyllum cainito. When the fruit is ripe, the fruit cracks.

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