Hoxe a vida foi un caos
así que puiden sobrevivir un día máis
sen despertar sospeitas
malia os escapes dos motores diesel
o intenso olor a vaca tamén se metera no taller
—xa na autovía conseguira superar
os filtros do aire acondicionado—
e a media mañá unha tristura bovina
ocupaba tamén
o hemisferio dereito do meu cerebro
cada media hora me asomei á ventá
testando a calidade do aire
non foi ata ben entrada a tarde
que chegou o vento do sur
South wind
Today life was chaos
so I managed to survive another day
without arousing suspicion,
despite the diesel engine fumes
the intense smell of cow had also found its way into the workshop
—already on the motorway it had managed to get past
the air-conditioning filters—
and by mid-morning a bovine sadness
had also taken over
the right hemisphere of my brain
every half hour I leaned out of the window
testing the quality of the air
it wasn't until well into the afternoon
that the wind from the south arrived
abel abilheira 