The Little Mute Boy

Portrait of Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico Garcia Lorca 1898–1936

The litle boy was looking for his voice. (The King of the crickets had it.) In a drop of water the little boy was looking for his voice.

I do not want it for speaking with; I will make a ring of it so that he may wear my silence on his little finger.

In a drop of water the little boy was looking for his voice.

(The captive voice, far away. Put on a cricket' clothes.)

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