To fly

 

To Fly

for Mirta

Just a hinge  

that opens and closes  

and opens again  

a hinge that sketches the curve of her knee  

her eyes pierce the shadows  

at the doorway of the main office  

with high ceilings and half-open blinds  

in some time outside of time  

but what matters more  

is the rotation her leg traces  

from the hip  

as she shifts her weight  

to fly on one foot  

—Lorena Wolfman (2020, translation 2025)