spanish Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/spanish/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Mon, 23 Sep 2019 21:17:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 spanish Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/spanish/ 32 32 135387410 Hole in Chest with Arrow https://elephantsnever.com/hole-in-chest-with-arrow/ https://elephantsnever.com/hole-in-chest-with-arrow/#respond Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:00:22 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1995 by Elisabeth Horan 1937 Life is something I had with youIt doesn’t matter which ulcer                          you choose Her or meMe or herLove or agonyMy body becomesa trash yard Pero mírala – Floreciendo como una mujerMás hermosa – más útil – para ti Yet look at her – Blossoming like a womanmore lovely – more useful – for you She Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/hole-in-chest-with-arrow/feed/ 0 1995 Elephants Never Conjugate https://elephantsnever.com/elephants-never-conjugate/ https://elephantsnever.com/elephants-never-conjugate/#respond Fri, 12 Jul 2019 10:57:41 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1742 by Landon Knepp Babosa whooshed past on his customized rollerblades. “Yo patinar!” he shouted, a pugnacious smirk underneath his trunk. “It’s patino, you little jerk!” Elbert replied from his perch. The highly-educated toucan could not abide self-satisfaction derived from half-assed research. Babosa turned and came back for another pass. “Muy patinar!” Elbert fought the urge to pull out his feathers. Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/elephants-never-conjugate/feed/ 0 1742 Soup / Sopa https://elephantsnever.com/soup-sopa/ https://elephantsnever.com/soup-sopa/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:13:18 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1736 by Édgar Omar Avilés (translated by Toshiya Kamei) “This quail tastes great!” “Quail? It’s mushroom soup, Marcos…” “The ones I brought back from Oaxaca? They are not mushrooms!” “Well, they must be very good. You asked for another plate a while ago.” “This is my second plate, Rebeca!” “No, it’s your third, honey… Hey, what do you know! Sofía got Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/soup-sopa/feed/ 0 1736 Birds Rejoice https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/ https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:00:21 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1711 by Toni G. It’s 6:57 Sunday morning and the birds are chirping outside my bedroom window ceaselessly. Silencio por favor, I yell with the worst Spanish accent ever, hoping that words in a language more beautiful than English will sway them to my will. It doesn’t work, and I blame my junior high school Spanish teacher for not molding me Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/birds-rejoice/feed/ 0 1711 Melodental https://elephantsnever.com/melodental/ https://elephantsnever.com/melodental/#respond Tue, 25 Jun 2019 11:24:28 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1708 by Édgar Omar Avilés (translated by Toshiya Kamei) A man was cleaning his mouth. That morning he was brushing his teeth with such mastery that he began to create sublime music. All of a sudden the doors and windows of his house broke: he realized right away that he stood in front of three taxmen, seven extraterrestrials, two gods, a Read More

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