Overtones

Ecuador

OVERTONES

Holy ointment of the burning wound. Holy ointment

Of celestial cleansing. Olive branches

And a star. The wet heart of acanthus

Twisted about the fugitive sylph's forehead.

Evoking the theme in a hautboy's minors,

The small bell tinkles in the mouth of the tigress.

The heart of the sylph is a flute unfolding,

And our hearts are tall flames a-caper.

Puppet-master sylph, play upon your bagpipe!

Loudly laugh your white peal of human laughter.

Under the stony pupil of Medusa,

Let us quaff the amber blood of the apple!

Gonxélo Escudero Moscoso