Informa de Guerra (War Report)


      by Jim O'Neill

      Amanecieron las flores hoy
      atacades.
      Ante la invasión inesperada
      de la escarcha enemiga,
      rosas, margaritas y uno
      que otro
      crisantemo tempranero
      se veían agachados,
      a punto de marchitarse.
      Repentinamente,
      sin trompeta
      ni tambor,
      intervino en la emboscada
      el sol otoñal,
      haciendo retirar
      al helador rocío.
      Las flores izaron
      su bandera multicolor
      y marcharon
      al compás
      triunfal
      de la brisa de la manaña.
      No hubo bajas.

      The flowers awoke today
      to a morning attack.
      Under invasion
      by an early frost,
      roses, daisies and
      early blooming
      chrysanthemums
      were bent double,
      in danger of withering.
      Suddenly,
      without fanfare
      or drumroll,
      the autumn sun
      interrupted the ambush,
      forcing the freezing dew
      into retreat.
      The flowers
      raised their
      multi-colored flag
      and marched
      to the triumphal rhythm
      of the morning breeze.
      There were no casualties.

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