Lucía Carvalho is a writer, violinist, and cyberfeminist activist from the tropical region of Bolivia.
Liza St. James is a writer and translator from San Francisco.
1 poem
by Lucía Carvalho
translated by Liza St. James
Technical Details
"Only a machine can appreciate a sonnet written by another machine." — Alan Turing
The humidity is so high
so high
that in every corner of my house
forests grow.
The humidity is so high
that the doors swell.
Now no one can enter.
The humidity is so high
that I grow mushrooms in my stomach
I grow mushrooms in the palms of my hands.
The humidity
is so high
high enough
that worms appear on the letters I write with my fingers
type with my thumbs.
Dangerous worms grow
that come from all the electronic letters I’ve received.
Check.
Overall risk rating: low.
Damage potential: high.
Distribution potential: high.
Reported infection: low.
The risk grows
As I keep sharing words
I used to hide under asterisks.
The risk grows
as the letters are replaced by numbers
The r1sk f4d3s.
The humidity is so high
it won’t let me open
P03b0t.
It won’t let me close
P03b0t.
You won.
I’m covered in
larva
Infection c0mpl3t3.