{"id":522,"date":"2026-06-22T18:11:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspectivadelta.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T22:11:24","slug":"las-boras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perspectivadelta.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/las-boras\/","title":{"rendered":"LAS BORAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><em>(Ejercicio narrativo)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4>Jos\u00e9 Balza<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 abandon\u00f3 la orilla del r\u00edo y cruz\u00f3 la \u00fanica calle del pueblo y atraves\u00f3 su casa sin hablar con nadie y el jard\u00edn trasero sin fijarse en los hicacos y los mamones ya maduros?<\/p>\n<p>Todos los muchachos estaban nadando a esa hora y algunas mujeres se ba\u00f1aban o lavaban; el r\u00edo desaf\u00eda con su m\u00e1s poderosa fuerza. La ma\u00f1ana envuelve el barranco, la arena, los juncos, como si acabara de pulirlos y todo anuncia el suculento almuerzo de cada d\u00eda: pescado frito, pl\u00e1tanos, jugo de tamarindo.<\/p>\n<p>El ni\u00f1o -\u00bfsiete, ocho a\u00f1os?- goza tanto a esta hora, que su padre o su mam\u00e1 tienen que venir a amenazarlo para que salga del r\u00edo. Pr\u00e1cticamente naci\u00f3 dentro del agua y nadar es su certeza.<\/p>\n<p>Tal vez acaba de abandonar la fuerte corriente, porque ha presentido un contraste: al fondo de las casas, bajo el bosque denso, las peque\u00f1as lagunas dejadas por el invierno ya tienen una capa estable y total: su quieta superficie se ha cubierto de boras. Y all\u00ed el verdor vibra con las flores moradas. El deseo de saltar en aquella agua distinta, de sumergirse bajo los p\u00e9talos violetas y las hojas aceitosas, lo impulsa en su inesperada carrera. Los otros chicos -sus hermanos dentro de ellos- le reclamaron que regresara, pero el ni\u00f1o avanza inexorablemente hacia el fondo del monte, hacia una de las lagunas. Ning\u00fan otro fruto lo distrae. Arriba el sol celebra.<\/p>\n<p>Y ya est\u00e1 frente al c\u00e1lido terciopelo: las hojas lo invitan. Frena su impulso y en vez de saltar violentamente, baja con calma, se coloca al borde del agua. La brisa ondula y el silencio es casi absoluto. Ahora est\u00e1 abajo, junto a las boras.<\/p>\n<p>Y entonces cree escuchar un m\u00ednimo sonido. Levanta la cara y sobre el barranco, muy cerca de \u00e9l, advierte que su prima, tan ni\u00f1a tambi\u00e9n, ha levantado la falda, abre las piernas y se agacha. No quiere asustarla mira con intensa fijeza. Entonces ella orina: desde un pec\u00edolo rosado el agua cae y suena como m\u00fasica. El quiere ver m\u00e1s. Se levanta un tanto, ella sonr\u00ede. El chorro disminuye, pero \u00e9l se empina un poco. 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