Vuelve Treme - O Beautiful Storm (Gian Smith)

Treme vuelve para seguir colándose en las vidas de los habitantes de Nueva Orleans. Este es un vídeo promocional de la segunda temporada, con un fragmento del poema O Beautiful Storm de Gian Smith.

I got the Rain in my veins…
The flood water in my blood makes my heart beat harder.
I’ve got the scent of the death and decay in the wind
Sinking into my nose and under my skin.
She’s the music in my ears, and the mold in my soul.
Move with her like bellies to congo drums
Write a sonnet to her, serenade her, recite her a poem.
Bump her like sissy bounce or mellow into her like Marsalis.
Let her weave through your brain like a song has moved you
And you can stop the flow…
But don’t let her go.
Last night, on my knees I scrubbed and scrapped
Katrina from the tiles of a house that would one day
Belong to my kids who’d have no idea there was a remain
Underneath the sofa, I had purposefully not wiped away.
Cause while Hugo and Andrew talked a good game
In the end all they did was ride the Gulf to the lake
And kick up a few waves and make a few trees shake
But Katrina had foresight and long term goals.
Bear her like ungratifying child labor of a stillborn
Answer to her, embrace her. Make passionate, steamy love to her til you moan.
Let her consume you on holidays and special events
Not meant to be spent alone.
Do what you must, but don’t let her go.
She’s Death’s greatest stage
She’s the 11th plague
She’s five men dead in a truck from a murderous rampage.
There is no fury like her rage hell bent.
The apocalypse heaven sent.
A city’s extinction level event.
She’s men’s residence changing homes,
Chickens coming home to roost again.
She’s man exalting science as defense
From God, being overthrown
She’s the perfect combination of wind, neglect
And Amir’s criminals in City Halls and black robes
Whose Congressional bills pass at levees expense,
Whose gavel smacks smash homes and crack domes.
Beat her to let her know you care.
Hate her on the streets in front of your friends for show.
Love her behind closed doors at home.
She’s a summer rain, a gentle breeze blown,
And an infamous name that our hearts now own.
O’ beautiful storm, I won’t let you go.


O Beautiful Storm - Gian Smith

Down in the hole

"La pauta que sigo para intentar ser verosímil es muy sencilla (la vengo siguiendo desde que empecé a escribir ficción): que se joda el lector medio".
David Simon, guionista y productor de The Wire.

Así comienza...

" Mi padre hacía, en la mañana, una ducha fría. Lanzaba, bajo el azote del agua, un grito, como un largo rugido; luego se vestía y tragaba grandes tazas de ese mezzorado gélido, en el que vertía muchas cucharadas de azúcar. Salía de casa cuando las calles todavía estaban oscuras, y casi desiertas; salía en la niebla, en el frío de esas albas de Torino, con en la cabeza una boina ancha, que le formaba casi una visera en la frente, con un impermeable largo y ancho lleno de bolsillos y de botones de cuero, con las manos detrás de la espalda, la pipa, ese paso chueco suyo, un hombro más alto que el otro; en las calles no había aún casi nadie, mas con las pocas personas que había él lograba chocar pasando, caminando ceñido, cabizbajo. "

Léxico familiar - Natalia Ginzburg