{"id":201455,"date":"2026-03-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/?p=201455"},"modified":"2026-06-09T05:11:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T11:11:20","slug":"la-aritmetica-del-cielo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errr-magazine.com\/english\/la-aritmetica-del-cielo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arithmetic of the Sky\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first time the robin appeared, I still didn\u2019t know how to hold the word <em>death<\/em> in my mouth. It fell apart, like a bite I couldn\u2019t quite swallow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I lived in a tall building, the kind that doesn\u2019t allow for roots. Concrete is a vertical desert. There aren\u2019t enough trees for a bird to lose its way. 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I felt that someone was keeping count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if death also knew how to arrange itself in pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">* * * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before another of my grandparents\u2014my mother\u2019s father\u2014died, I saw three birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not together.<br>Not exactly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One on the railing.<br>One on the antenna.<br>One that allowed itself to test the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As if someone had left three ellipses hanging over the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That day I didn\u2019t go into the apartment right away. I stayed downstairs, pretending to look for my keys in my backpack, while watching the three birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The phone rang an hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">* * * *<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now I fear the arithmetic of the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ve stopped looking at the balcony in the mornings; I\u2019ve stopped looking at the clouds and the tree branches. I open the curtains with my eyes half closed. 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