César Vallejo

César Vallejo

Summary

Portrait of César Vallejo César Vallejo,  Huaco

“ I am the pigeon of the condor that has had its feathers removed
by a Latin arquebus;
and bursting with humanity I float in the Andes,
like a perennial Lazarus of light.
I am the Incan grace that gnaws on itself
in golden qurikanchas baptized
by erring matches and by hemlock.
Sometimes the broken nerves of an extinct
puma give a jump in my stones.
”
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