Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

Squandered. To veil the veiled. Who or what takes charge of what was never developed?

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

Horses
bulls and horses
the slaying lance.

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

it’s not a game. It’s the last time he’ll let us in late.

“And how, from there, from that edge, that muffled yell, that tumbled childhood, can a kingdom spread?”

Arid on his crown, he picks up the brush with his guitar fingers. Blue now, the mane keeps growing, or could it be the skin drying out?

Close your eyes and swallow the host of your lineage in a single mouthful.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

it’s not a game. It’s the last time he’ll let us in late.

Squandered. To veil the veiled. Who or what takes charge of what was never developed?

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

Horses
bulls and horses
the slaying lance.

“And how, from there, from that edge, that muffled yell, that tumbled childhood, can a kingdom spread?”

Arid on his crown, he picks up the brush with his guitar fingers. Blue now, the mane keeps growing, or could it be the skin drying out?

It will only be real and intense when it detaches from the stalk and its essence dries.

Close your eyes and swallow the host of your lineage in a single mouthful.

You pay them in memory, unstable currency of each and every day.

You picked out mother’s dress. It was black.

You find laps that sheltered you and the same bosoms nursed you, although he eats from the dish of lentils and what must be eaten unsalted.

“he’s not home”
“do you know where he went?”
“to herd none of his sheep”

Sipping
swallowing
licking

cup-fraction
where her lips
could
have left behind
a drop.

One moment of silence.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

it’s not a game. It’s the last time he’ll let us in late.

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

It will only be real and intense when it detaches from the stalk and its essence dries.

You pay them in memory, unstable currency of each and every day.

You find laps that sheltered you and the same bosoms nursed you, although he eats from the dish of lentils and what must be eaten unsalted.

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

“And how, from there, from that edge, that muffled yell, that tumbled childhood, can a kingdom spread?”

Arid on his crown, he picks up the brush with his guitar fingers. Blue now, the mane keeps growing, or could it be the skin drying out?

Close your eyes and swallow the host of your lineage in a single mouthful.

One moment of silence.

Squandered. To veil the veiled. Who or what takes charge of what was never developed?

You picked out mother’s dress. It was black.

“he’s not home”
“do you know where he went?”
“to herd none of his sheep”

Sipping
swallowing
licking

cup-fraction
where her lips
could
have left behind
a drop.

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

“And how, from there, from that edge, that muffled yell, that tumbled childhood, can a kingdom spread?”

Arid on his crown, he picks up the brush with his guitar fingers. Blue now, the mane keeps growing, or could it be the skin drying out?

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

it’s not a game. It’s the last time he’ll let us in late.

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

It will only be real and intense when it detaches from the stalk and its essence dries.

Squandered. To veil the veiled. Who or what takes charge of what was never developed?

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

You pay them in memory, unstable currency of each and every day.

everyone likes you
because your parents are dead.

Without a wardrobe now,
You abandon that and all your other diplomas
backstage.

You were Styrofoam cups bound together with reed string, the bicycled inclines and scraped forehead.

She confessed that she was your real mother, but she was so young that she surrendered you for her older sister to raise. In her account, at least your father was the same.

Will you get married?
Yes
When?
Soon
To who?
Me
Who are you?
Papa

“Where does this blooming come from?”

From time.

“No. From your need to relive what you don’t even remember”.

Who is a sea monster or a tempestuous ocean so that his storm may be a leviathan constrained by the tongue?

A subtle glimmer in the jasmine. A word,
its texture.

“And how, from there, from that edge, that muffled yell, that tumbled childhood, can a kingdom spread?”

it’s not a game. It’s the last time he’ll let us in late.

It will only be real and intense when it detaches from the stalk and its essence dries.

You pay them in memory, unstable currency of each and every day.

Arid on his crown, he picks up the brush with his guitar fingers. Blue now, the mane keeps growing, or could it be the skin drying out?

Sara Camhaji

visualize the voice of thought.
think the image of the voice.
provoke destiny. play.
from chance, from the sigh.
understand the force that links
the image to the name.
the name is an image.
the image is a verb.
play. nothing is chance.
destiny is a game.
everything is destiny.

This site is part of the project "DON´T TAKE PHOTOS OF THE LANDSCAPE; TAKE PORTRAITS WITH THE VIEW OF THE BACKGROUND IF YOU LIKE", whose creative object revolves around the phenomenon of memory and its conceptual visualization. Thus, Sara explores the different languages on which the mind reloads its truth and the way it constructs our inner world.
About
SARA CAMHAJI (Mexico City, 1986) is a writer, teacher, and mother. Her work is a natural response to her lived experience and the emotional dimensions she has inhabited. She has told and written stories for her entire life. Poetry—the axis of her exploration—has prompted her to develop new discursive forms in close contact with inner human reality; wrenching, they open themselves to embodiment and appropriation. She has a master’s in creative writing, two children, and two published works: Maleza (Alboroto Ediciones, 2022) and this one. A selection of her poems appeared in the UNAM’s Periódico de Poesía. She received a grant from Asylum Arts in 2017 and was awarded the Peleh Fund arts residency in Berkeley, California, for 2023. Narrated poetry or poetic narrative? Sara writes in the voice of an archive with a voice of its own, like a thinking time machine, or from the dark sincerity of she-who-didn’t-know-she-had-to-live.
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