Frida Kahlo Poem Dedicated to Diego Rivera

(Translation by Claudia Rodriguez)

In saliva

on the paper

in the eclipse.

In all the lines

in all the colors

in all the jars

in my chest

outside, inside

in the inkwell

in the difficulties in writing

in the wonderment of my eyes

in the last moons of the sun

(the sun doesn’t have any moons) in everything

To say in everything is imbecile and magnificent.

Diego in my urine- Diego in my mouth- in my heart, in my

madness, in my dream, in the blotting paper- in the tip of the pen,

in the pencils- in the landscapes- in the food- in metal-

in my imagination. In my sickness- in the ruptures- in his

lapels—in his eyes-in his mouth-in his lie.

Kahlo, Frida. in “Frida el pincel de la angustia. Zamora, Martha. La Herradura, Mexico. 1987.