cuentos de barro - DSpace Universidad Don Bosco

—Sí, hombre, tate tranquilo. Dormite.
—Es que currucado no me puedo
dormir luego.
—Estiráte, pué...
—No puedo, tata, mucho yelo...
—¡A la puerca, con vos! Cuchuyate
contra yo, pué...
Y Goyo Cuestas, que nunca en su vida
había hecho una caricia al hijo, lo
recibía contra su pestífero pecho, duro
como un tapexco; y, rodeándolo con
ambos brazos, lo calentaba hasta que
se le dormía encima, mientras él, con la
cara añudada de resignación, esperaba
el día en la punta de cualquier gallo
lejano.
Los primeros clareyos los hallaban
allí, medio congelados, adoloridos,
amodorrados de cansancio; con
las feas bocas abiertas y babosas,
semiarremangados en la manga rota,
sucia y rayada como una cebra.
Pero Honduras es honda en el
Chamelecón. Honduras es honda en
el silencio de su montaña bárbara
y cruel; Honduras es honda en el
misterio de sus terribles serpientes,
jaguares, insectos, hombres...
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“You got it, boy. Don’t worry. Go to
sleep.”
“But I can’t fall asleep all curled up.”
“Stretch out, then…”
“I can’t, Pop, it’s too cold…”
“Good grief! Cuddle up with me
then…”
And Goyo Cuestas, who had never in his
life embraced his son, brought him to
his foul chest, hard as a tapexco71 , and,
hugging him with both arms, warmed
him up until finally he fell asleep on top
of him. With resignation on his face, he
waited for morning to be announced
on the crow of any distant rooster.
The first rays of the sun found them
there, almost frozen, in pain, feeling
drowsy with fatigue, with their ugly
mouths opened and drooling, semicovered
under the ragged, dirty blanket
with stripes like a zebra
But Honduras is deep in the Chamelecón.
Honduras is deep within the silence of
its barbaric, cruel mountains; Honduras
is deep within the mystery of its terrible
serpents, jaguars, insects, men...
71. A box-shaped object made out of strips of thin bamboo that serves multiple purposes, from a bed
to a chestbox. It is believed that you are born on it, you sleep on it as an adult, and that you die and are
buried in it.