The Memory of Lisa Poem by Roberto Bolaño

The memory of Lisa descends again
through night's hole.
A rope, a beam of light
and there it is:
the ideal Mexican village.
Amidst the barbarity, Lisa's smile,
Lisa's frozen film,
Lisa's fridge with the door open
sprinkling a little light on
this disorganized room that I,
now pushing forty,
call Mexico, call Mexico City,
call Roberto Bolaño looking for a pay phone
amidst chaos and beauty
to call his one and only true love.

Translated from Spanish by Laura Healy