Selections from Brujeria
by David Estringel
𝕭𝖊𝖘𝖔 𝖖𝖚í𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖕𝖑𝖊
Mis rodillas, pies,
labios, y pecho.
Santificado
por tu brujería.
Bendíceme…
con el quinto.
𝕾ó𝖑𝖔 𝖔𝖙𝖗𝖔 𝖉í𝖆 𝖘𝖎𝖓 𝖘𝖚 𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖉𝖆𝖉
Es el dia de la madre
sin pastel en la mesa,
no rosas en el florero.
Sola una foto
enmarcada
en plata pulida
de la asesina de dragones
quien podría derribar
la luna
y
triturar la leche de las perlas.
Cómo extraño tus encantos, tus hechizos,
tus obras secretas, iya mi!
Los sombras de rompe saraguey y asafoetida,
sangre y aliento.
El poder de su manos
y su gravedad.
𝖀𝖓𝖆 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖌𝖆 𝖕𝖔𝖉𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖆
Fingers,
gingerly sifting
a través de ecos de lavanda,
alabar a los espiritus
de modest treasures—
una carga podersosa.
Ribbon-tied letters.
A lock of hair atado con white satin.
Viejos dolares de plata.
Tarjetas de oracion a los santos (two for St. Jude).
Flores prensadas in paper envelopes.
A faded scapular.
Tijeras de hierro.
Waxed camelias.
Una chuparora seca.
and
the smell of her.
Aché.
*Brujeria is a bilingual (English/Spanish), Mexican witchcraft-themed hybrid chapbook that is scheduled for publication in 2024 by Anxiety Press.
BIO: David Estringel is a Xicanx writer/poet with works published in literary publications like The Opiate, Literary Heist, Cephalorpress, DREICH, Cowboy Jamboree, The Milk House, Beir Bua Journal, and Drunk Monkeys. His first collection of poetry and short fiction Indelible Fingerprints was published in 2019 at Alien Buddha Press, followed Blood Honey and Cold Comfort House (Anxiety Press, 2022), little punctures (Really Serious Literature, 2023), and Blind Turns in the Kitchen Sink (Anxiety Press, 2023). David has also written six poetry chapbooks, Punctures, PeripherieS, Eating Pears on the Rooftop, Golden Calves, Sour Grapes, Blue, and Brujeria (coming soon from Anxiety Press). Connect with David on Twitter @The_Booky_Man and his website www.davidaestringel.com.