Translated by Steven Stewart
Contempt is a subtle form of homicide.
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Some old people die young.
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People practice suicide by breaking mirrors.
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Sleeping is dying in installments.
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Death is omnivorous. And it has an excellent appetite.
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Mirrors are ghosts made of glass.
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Sleeping is flirting with nothingness.
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Perhaps the dead dream that they’re alive.
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Hopefully there’s no insomnia after death.
Javier Puche (1974–) is a classically trained pianist and writer. He has published three books of microfictions and aphorisms, and his work has been included in numerous journals and anthologies. He currently teaches creative writing in the Mediterranean city of Málaga, Spain.
Steven Stewart has been awarded two Literature Fellowships for Translation by the National Endowment for the Arts (2005 and 2015). He has published various book-length translations.