SAINT ROBERTO OF TROY
Admirable Trojans Veterans of the plague
and of leprosy Clearly
alive The very essence
of fidelity Admirable Trojans
who fought for Beauty
Travelling roads sown with useless
machines My meter my intuition
my loneliness at day's end
(What rhymes are these? I said raising my sword)
Gifts advancing through the desert:
you yourselves Admirable citizens of Troy
Roberto Bolaño
Translation from Laura Healy