{"id":6058,"date":"2026-01-17T08:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T13:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=6058"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:16:55","slug":"hernan-bravo-varela-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trasatlantica.org\/?page_id=6058","title":{"rendered":"Hern\u00e1n Bravo Varela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Contacto<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LUEGO de revisar las placas, me dice el terapeuta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212A decir verdad, no encuentro nada. No entiendo a qu\u00e9 tus contracturas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deja las placas y me explora en la camilla. Cuando toca la uni\u00f3n de los om\u00f3platos suelto un alarido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1n tus pap\u00e1s \u2212se\u00f1ala el terapeuta al explorar las v\u00e9rtebras. Luego me pide que me acueste boca abajo; amasa los hombros, atenaza el cuello y lo masajea abruptamente antes de quedarme dormido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AQU\u00cd est\u00e1n, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

en las dorsales; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

viven <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

con estrechez <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

porque son mayores <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

y la casa <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

es de m\u00fasculos <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

que se contraen. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tu mam\u00e1, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

del lado derecho; <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tu pap\u00e1, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

del izquierdo. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uno sobre el otro, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

trepando <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

para alcanzar <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

el aire <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

de la despensa. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si abrieras los ojos, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

podr\u00edas ver <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

c\u00f3mo se los lleva <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

la inundaci\u00f3n.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Viven aqu\u00ed, <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

arrimados <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a tu hospitalidad.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salen boca arriba<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a comprar l\u00e1mparas,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

andan <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

encorvados<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

por el peso<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

del sol,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a ver a sus hijos<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

en las nubes,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

a comer migajas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

para regresar a ti.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u2212TE inclinas mucho hacia atr\u00e1s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212S\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Es tu pasado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212\u00bfY c\u00f3mo tendr\u00eda que estar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Como ahora, mientras te sostengo. Recto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212\u00bfNo ser\u00e1 cosa de equilibrio?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Mira tu pisada: apoyas demasiado el tal\u00f3n y los dedos quedan flotando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212\u00bfEntonces?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Hay que cambiar la postura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212O sea, hacerme hacia adelante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212S\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212Hacia el futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2212No. Hacia adelante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VOY, como aprendiz de murci\u00e9lago, reconociendo los aullidos de los pabellones: los entrecortados de la francesa que se fractur\u00f3 al esquiar en la nieve, los melodram\u00e1ticos del escritor, los afables de la muse\u00f3grafa. Cada quien vocaliza en su camerino. Hay una competencia por ver qui\u00e9n pasa de noche, pero nadie quiere ganar: la fiebre del oro est\u00e1 en nosotros, la rapi\u00f1a es nuestra convalecencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LA ESQUIADORA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vine a este mundo a caerme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Desde que era peque\u00f1a me la pasaba tropezando.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cada vez lo hac\u00eda mejor, con menos gracia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Un d\u00eda lleg\u00f3 la nieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EL ESCRITOR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pensaba que el dolor tendr\u00eda estilo,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pero no uno impecable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Me duele todo. El mundo es como yo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sedentario y paciente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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LA MUSE\u00d3GRAFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perd\u00ed la juventud y los dedos de un pie por un marido celoso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perd\u00ed a mis padres y hermanos, cierta parte de la cabeza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perd\u00ed la noci\u00f3n del tiempo como se pierde el pasaporte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perd\u00ed el miedo cuando entr\u00e9 a una alberca y vi que flotaba.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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CORO DE TERAPEUTAS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somos la mec\u00e1nica, la sonda y la etimolog\u00eda,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

pa\u00f1os calientes en el cuerpo que interpretamos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nos llaman parteros, todoterrenos, descorchadores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nosotros encaminamos, ponemos los pies <\/p>\n\n\n\n

sobre el racimo de uvas, cortamos un list\u00f3n. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nada m\u00e1s. Tambi\u00e9n vamos a ciegas <\/p>\n\n\n\n

con v\u00e9rtebras, tendones y tobillos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somos un margen de error que cura.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Hern\u00e1n Bravo Varela was born in Mexico City in 1979. He has a BA in Literature and Language Sciences from the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana, where he has taught in the creative writing program since 2010. Bravo Varela is the author of six poetry collections and three essay collections, including Oficios de ciega pertenencia <\/em>(1999 and 2004), Hasta aqu\u00ed<\/em> (2014), Historia de mi h\u00edgado y otros ensayos<\/em> (2017), La documentaci\u00f3n de los procesos<\/em>(2019), and Malversaciones: Sobre poes\u00eda, literatura y otros fraudes<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also a translator who has published Spanish-language versions of work by Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Oscar Wilde, T. S. Eliot, Seamus Heaney, and Leonard Michaels, among other authors. Selected poems of Bravo Varela\u2019s have been translated into English, French, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bravo Varela was awarded Mexico\u2019s National Prize for Young Poets in 1999; he also won the 2010 Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz International Literature Contest\/Bicentennial Literature in the essay category. He is currently the editor of the Peri\u00f3dico de Poes\u00eda<\/em> at the UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico) and a member of Mexico\u2019s National System of Artists (SNCA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has published the poetry books Oficios de ciega pertenencia<\/em> (1999, National Poetry Award El\u00edas Nandino, and 2004), Sobrenaturaleza<\/em> (2010), Hasta aqu\u00ed<\/em> (2014), La documentaci\u00f3n de los procesos<\/em> (2019), Ejercicios de respiraci\u00f3n<\/em> (2025) y El Estado empresario<\/em> (2025). He has also published the essays books Los orillados<\/em> (2009), Historia de mi h\u00edgado y otros ensayos<\/em> (premio Letras del Bicentenario – Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz) y Malversaciones<\/em>. Sobre poes\u00eda, literatura y otros fraudes<\/em> (2019).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contacto LUEGO de revisar las placas, me dice el terapeuta: \u2212A decir verdad, no encuentro nada. No entiendo a qu\u00e9 tus contracturas. Deja las placas y me explora en la camilla. Cuando toca la uni\u00f3n de los om\u00f3platos suelto un alarido. \u2212Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1n tus pap\u00e1s \u2212se\u00f1ala el terapeuta al explorar las v\u00e9rtebras. 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