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De PeSca<br />

Eran allá como las tres <strong>de</strong> la madrugada.<br />

La luna, <strong>de</strong> llena, lambía las sombras<br />

prietas en los montarrascales y en<br />

los manglares dormilones. El estero,<br />

lagunoso en su calma, era como un<br />

pedazo <strong>de</strong> espejo <strong>de</strong>l día; <strong>de</strong>l día ya<br />

roto. La playa lechosa, <strong>de</strong> cascajo<br />

crema, se <strong>de</strong>jaba espulgar por las<br />

suaves ondas espumíferas, que la<br />

brisa <strong>de</strong>vanaba sin prisa. La isla, al otro<br />

lado <strong>de</strong>l agua, se alargaba como una<br />

nube negra que flotara en aquel cielo<br />

diáfano, mitad cielo, mitad estero. Las<br />

estrellas pintaban en ambos cielos. El<br />

mar, a lo lejos, roncaba adormilado<br />

por la frescura <strong>de</strong>l aire y la claridad <strong>de</strong>l<br />

mundo. Un cordón <strong>de</strong> aves blancas<br />

pasó, silencioso y ondulante como una<br />

culebra <strong>de</strong> luna.<br />

De la mediagua oscura, salió a la playa<br />

un indio. Llevaba <strong>de</strong>snudo el torso,<br />

los calzones arremangados sobre<br />

las rodillas; se <strong>de</strong>sperezaba, como<br />

queriendo echar al suelo el fardo <strong>de</strong>l<br />

sueño. La arena, al ser hollada por lo<br />

anchos pies <strong>de</strong>scalzos, mascaba el<br />

silencio. Miró las estrellas con los ojos<br />

fruncidos. Se espantó los mosquitos,<br />

miró el agua platera y regresó al<br />

rancho.<br />

—Son ya mero las tres, vos... ¿Nos<br />

vamos?<br />

83. Covered with water<br />

84. As in the biblical sense. See Matthew 5:13.<br />

43<br />

GoNe fISHING<br />

It was about three in the morning. The<br />

full moon licked the dark shaddows in<br />

the dry thorny bushes and in the trees<br />

in the sleepy mangrove swamp. The<br />

marsh, like a calm lagoon, reflected<br />

the broken day like a piece of mirror.<br />

The milky beach, with creamy pebbles,<br />

was being groomed83 by the smooth<br />

foamy waves blown by the gentle<br />

breeze. The island, on the other si<strong>de</strong> of<br />

the water, elongated like a black cloud<br />

that floated in that clear sky; half sky,<br />

half marsh. The stars were painted on<br />

both skies. In the distance, the dozing<br />

sea was snoring lulled by the freshness<br />

of the air and the clarity of the world. A<br />

chain of white birds swooped by, silent<br />

and undulating like a moon snake.<br />

Leaving his dark porch, a peasant went<br />

out to the beach, shirtless and with his<br />

trousers rolled up. He was stretching,<br />

as if wanting to shed his bundle of<br />

sleepiness on the ground. The peasant’s<br />

wi<strong>de</strong> barefoot feet scrunched84 through<br />

the sand and chewed up the silence. He<br />

squinted to gaze at the stars. Swatting<br />

the gnats away, he peered at the<br />

shimmering water and returned home.<br />

“It’s almost three, man... wanna go?”

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