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"ORIENTACIÓN DE LOS GATOS

Cuando Alana y Osiris me miran no puedo quejarme del menor disimulo, de la menor duplicidad. Me miran de frente, Alana su luz azul y Osiris su rayo verde. También entre ellos se miran así, Alana acariciando el negro lomo de Osiris que alza el hocico del plato de leche y maúlla satisfecho, mujer y gato conociéndose desde pianos que se me escapan, que mis caricias no alcanzan a rebasar. Hace tiempo que he renunciado a todo dominio sobre Osiris, somos buenos amigos desde una distancia infranqueable; pero Alana es mi mujer y la distancia entre nosotros es otra, algo que ella no parece sentir pero que se interpone en mi felicidad cuando Alana me mira, cuando me mira de frente igual que Osiris y me sonríe o me habla sin la menor reserva, dándose en cada gesto y cada cosa como se da en el amor, allí donde todo su cuerpo es como sus ojos, una entrega absoluta, una reciprocidad ininterrumpida.

Es extraño, aunque he renunciado a entrar de lleno en el mundo de Osiris, mi amor por Alana no acepta esa llaneza de cosa concluida, de pareja para siempre, de vida sin secretos. Detrás de esos ojos azules hay más, en el fondo de las palabras y los gemidos y los silencios alienta otro reino, respira otra Alana. Nunca se lo he dicho, la quiero demasiado para trizar esta superficie de felicidad por la que ya se han deslizado tantos días, tantos años. A mi manera me obstino en comprender, en descubrir; la observo pero sin espiarla; la sigo pero sin desconfiar; amo una maravillosa estatua mutilada; un texto no terminado, un fragmento de cielo inscrito en la ventana de la vida.

Hubo un tiempo en que la música me pareció el camino que..."

Julio Cortázar

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