‘I have something to say,’ I tell myself – Federico García …

I have something to say, I tell myself – Federico García Lorca

I have to say something, I tell myself
Words that dissolve in the mouth
Wings that suddenly become coat-racks
Where the cry falls, a hand grows
Someone kills our name, according to the book
Who gouged out the statue’s eyes?
Who placed this tongue around the
Tear?

I have something to say, I tell myself
And I swell with birds on the outside
Lips that fall like mirrors Here
In there, distances come together
This north or this south is an eye
I live around myself

I am here, there, amongst rungs of flesh
Out in the open
With something to say, I tell myself.