CUBIST PORTRAIT
I won’t be able to move by fear
Of burning the rugs.
—José Lezama Lima
High on the wall
And from a distance,
From the Cubist canvas
A few eyes like ears heard us.
The daring artist may
Question the painting later on,
What with all of our panting and juggling.
And yet the painting,
True to the art that our bodies are,
Shall remain quiet and smiling
With the still steaming tinkling of your kisses.
The couch is recovering from the attacks,
And, jumping out from our two bodies, sparks
Run along the ground, consuming their energies
In the bonfi re of passions,
Resonating in harmony.
We relax. . .
Afterwards, we meet again:
It was fi re, a poem, a dream—
Climbing down your body,
Climbing up my kisses.
Woman with lofty peaks,
I lost my way in your high plateaus,
And the echoing sound of my footsteps
Became one with your footprints.
UNA MUJER ME ESPERA
Una mujer me espera
cada mañana al alba
con su pelo suelto
como la palabra
y sus ojos negros
como lunas claras.
Una mujer me espera
hecha abecedario
con su sonrisa inmensa
y su trágico llanto.
Voy como las esferas
silencioso y girando
dormido en tus dos pechos
de limones y dardos.
Te beso entre tu vida,
siempre en tránsito,
y me muero contigo
en cada orgasmo.
A WOMAN WAITS UP FOR ME
A woman waits up for me
Every morning at dawn
With her hair down
Like the word
And her dark eyes
Like clear moons.
A woman, made alphabet,
Waits up for me
With her ample smile
And her tragic tears.
Like the spheres, I move along,
Quietly turning,
Asleep between your breasts
Of lemons and darts.
I kiss you between your lips—
Always in passing—
And in each orgasm
I die with you.
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