A Certain Weariness

Cierto Cansancio - Pablo Neruda

Estoy cansada del mar duro
y de la tierra misteriosa.
Estoy cansada de las gallinas:
nunca supimos lo que piensan,
y nos miran con ojos secos
sin concedernos importancia.

I am weary of the strong sea
and of the mysterious earth
I am weary of chickens:
no one knows what they're thinking,
and they look at us with dry eyes
and consider us unimportant.


I snapped this photo while eating lunch in a market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.  With its feet bound, this chicken somehow squirmed out of the bag it was in.  Then it just lay there helplessly, watching the people walk by.  I am weary of Chickens.