Mujer, pues, de palabra. No, de palabra no.
Pero sí de palabras,
muchas, contradictorias, ay, insignificantes,
sonido puro, vacuo cernido de arabescos,
juego de salón, chisme, espuma, olvido.
This is one of my favorite poems by Rosario Castellanos. For those of you who can read Spanish, don’t miss reading the full poem here. (This site also has an audio recording of Castellanos reading the poem, so don’t miss that either!)