The ambiguities of bas relief.
A Mayan figure
and, all of a sudden,
frail-as-a-fainting-flower,
(a line of Art Nouveau, half adolescent)
the Swan of amber and snow.
José Emilio Pacheco Translated by Alastair Reid
«No me preguntes cómo pasa el tiempo» [1964-1968] (1969) II. Mira cómo son las cosas