Ajens, Andrés

Gil-Montero, Michelle

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 [Pick the date]  [Type the document subtitle] | user  Andrés Ajens  Allende, Evo, Over __________________________________________________________ Alternautas is a peer reviewed academic journal that publishes content related to Latin American Critical Development Thinking. It intends to serve as a platform for testing, circulating, and debating new ideas and reflections on these topics, expanding beyond the geographical, cultural and linguistic boundaries of Latin America - Abya Yala. We hope to contribute to connecting ideas, and to provide a space for intellectual exchange and discussion for a nascent academic community of scholars, devoted to counter-balancing mainstream understandings of development. _________________________________________________________________ How to cite: Ajens, A. (2016), Allende, Evo, Over, Alternautas, 3(1), 165-168. URL :    http://www.alternautas.net/blog/2016/8/12/allende-evo-over   Editor : Alternautas http://www.alternautas.net London, UK. ISSN - 2057-4924  A L T E R N A U T A S  (Re)Searching Development:  The Abya Yala Chapter  Vol.3 – Issue 1 [July 2016] ISSN - 2057-4924 1 6 5  |  A L T E R N A U T A S  3  ( 1 ) J U L Y  2 0 1 6A POEM by ANDRÉS AJENS1 ALLENDE, EVO, OVER2 near the ekeko of alasitas, lord  of wands, beyond, more-  over the indio, false or ver-  ified, in the words of silvia rivera, nobody voices over you, falsely    or de-votedly, d evoted, evo,  a miner, pastor, cocalero,  so-called president. But  whenever we evo-  ke the indio, fishy or seal-  ed in gold, an Andean metaphysics - a turn of phrase by jesús or silvia  or the vice president or saenz but by denis arnold weaving  aguayos with juan de dios  yapita (1998), that Andean  order of things which denis, lit-  1 ANDRÉS AJENS is a poet, essayist, and translator. He is the author of collection of essays La flor del extérmino (La Cebra, 2011), translated as Poetry After the Invention of América: Don't Light the Flower (Palgrave, 2011). His most recent poetry books are Bolivian Sea (Flying Islands, 2015), Æ (Das Kapital Ediciones, 2015), and Cúmulo lúcumo (3600). He is editor of the literary magazine Mar con soroche 2 This poem was translated by Michelle Gil-Montero and was originally published in http://www.alternautas.net/blog/2016/8/12/allende-evo-over on August 8th , 2016. DOSSIER: The end of the Progressive Cycle | 166 igating and maybe just delit-  erating jacques the ripper,  like silvia, reiterates: metaphysics of the indio, authéntic  or ináuthentic, the whole pro-   the clause, before the de-constructed, alias chachawarmi: were we to  translate that as mother-patria?  but what is patria, now of all   times, in bolivia, chachawarmi? mot-  tled delinquent peeks, me-  rely dominations? camba-colla  unsurmountable ascent or boundless  micro-loco-meddled disasters?  the DEA will never get it (the CIA maybe  a little in ñancahuazú, with pre-gale-force  currencies, greening along the gorge) between shinahota, okinawa, san ignacio, fortuna,  gabriela and ernesto fidel, morón,  de los robles, cachuela  esperanza and el loco all aboard  if spilling over a bit,  by leaps and bounds.   * * * like the devil etcheverry turning back to chapare  like che on his way back from la higuera  like uru murato, irohito, chipaya, and even mataco like mbói bebe and hans staden, what a liking   for ink, kunumi letteredly illiterate   1 6 7  |  A L T E R N A U T A S  3  ( 1 ) J U L Y  2 0 1 6a graphophagus, pure at times, already mot-tled  * * * (oh, emma, how can we not burn el alto!) ALLENDE, EVO, aquende el ekeko de alasitas, señor  de las varas, allende  el indio, el falso como el ver-  dadero al decir de silvia rivera, nadie habla aquí por ti, falso    o vero; overo, evo,jamás lo habrás sido, antes  minero, pastor, cocalero,  dizque presidente. Pero  cada vez que el indio entra  en escena, el trucho  como el salmonídeo, meta-  física andina aletea; la  giro de jesús ni de silvia  ni del vice ni de saenz sino  de denis arnold trenzando  aguayos con juan de dios  yapita (1998), tal orden  andino de las cosas que denis, ley-  endo y acaso nomás desleyendo  a jacques el destripador,  como silvia, reitera: metafísica  del indio, del auténtico  DOSSIER: The end of the Progressive Cycle | 168 como del inauténtico, todo el pro-   de la cláusula, de la de-construida  -   alias chachawarmi; ¿fuéramos  a traducir eso por patria-madre?  ¿qué fuera, pero, patria, y sobre todo  hoy, en bolivia, chachawarmi? ¿a-  bigarrados morosos entreveros, só-  lo dominaciones?, ¿camba-colla  insuperable ascensoría o inmensurables  micro-loco-interferidos desastres?;  la DEA jamás entendiera (la CIA acaso  algo en ñancahuazú, con pre-venda-  val verde en la quebrada) entre  shinahota, okinawa, san ignacio, fortuna,  gabriela y ernesto fidel, morón,  de los robles, cachuela  esperanza y el loco de borda  desbordado apenas aquí,  de vuelta en vuelta.               * * * como el diablo etcheverry de vuelta al chapare  como el che de vuelta de la higuera  como uru murato, irohito, chipaya, y aun mataco  como mbói bebe y hans staden, qué  manera de comer, kunumi tan letrado iletrado  grafonófago puro a ratos, ya abigarrado                 * * * (uy, emma, ¡cómo non quemar el alto!) 

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