measure
January 2015
5 years ago
my life weighed 26 kilograms
and fit the 50 x 34 x 81 centimeters of a suitcase
which travelled the full 8,809 kilometers that landed me here
on that cold, cold 27thof January
2,010, in the Gregorian calendar
my weight, my age, my height
the exact amount of currency I held
and the expiry date of my residence permit
were carefully recorded
now
exactly 650 meters away
from the 2ndstory
40m2 studio
(door number 132)
in which I’ve lived for the past 4 years
the future’s promise is laid-out on 60 square meters
2 stories, an attic
2 windows and a door in the front
a 3.08 x 1.65 kitchen
and a 6m3 van to move my stuff
unlike the cabalist
i ignore
if the grand product of all these numbers means something
but my hope knows no measure
Jorge Meija Hernandez
