The Day I Found God
Washed Ashore
James Tipton
The
day I found God washed ashore
He
was barely breathing
until
I began to apply
mouth
to mouth resuscitation.
For
a few minutes I was really worried.
I
thought I might have to help organize
The
Funeral of God.
But
then, as I was breathing into Him,
He
began breathing back into me.
And
finally, one eye, crusty with the sea,
opened,
and winked.
Before
I could say a word
He
transformed into a beautiful woman,
and
then into another beautiful woman,
and
then into another beautiful woman,
and
He has been doing that ever since,
every
day of my life.
That
day God washed ashore
unconscious
and barely breathing
was
the day I really got serious
about religion.
El
día que encontré a Dios naufragado
James Tipton
Spanish translation by Flor Aguilera
García
El día en que encontré a Dios naufragado
apenas respiraba,
hasta que empecé a darle
reanimación de boca a boca.
Durante algunos minutos estuve muy preocupado.
Creí que tendría que ayudar a organizar
el Funeral de Dios.
Pero entonces, mientras respiraba adentro de Él,
sentí como empezaba a respirarme de vuelta.
Finalmente, un ojo lagañoso por el mar,
se abrió y me hizo un guiño.
Antes de que pudiera pronunciar palabra alguna,
se transformó en una hermosa mujer
y después en otra hermosa mujer
y después en otra hermosa mujer,
y desde entonces ha seguido el mismo patrón,
cada día de mi vida.
El día en que Dios naufragó
inconsciente y a penas respirando,
fue el día en yo empecé seriamente
a ocuparme de la religión.
James Tipton lives in Chapala, in the tropical
mountains of southern Mexico, where he writes poetry and enjoys village
life. His work has been published
in The Nation, South Dakota
Review, The
Greensboro Review, Esquire, FIELD, Christian Science Monitor, American Literary
Review, Lake Chapala Review and
Mexico
Connect. His latest book, Washing Dishes in the Ancient Village /Lavando platos en el pueblo
antiguo, is a collection of 100 short poems--in both English and Spanish, about Mexico and Latin
America.
Flor Aguilera García is a Mexican film critic, poet and novelist. She has four poetry books
published by Praxis
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