El veinticinco de enero
Ángel Parra
January Twenty-Fifth
On January twenty-fifth
they took me prisoner
for stealing from Father Holy
the candles and the candlesticks,
on January twenty-fifth.
I stole the cassock, oh mama,
the pants,
a little mass book,
four crepe ribbons.
Four crepe ribbons, yes,
the items,
another little mass book,
the sacraments.
I peeled off his shirt
during mass.
