"LEJOS" ya está con nosotros.

POEM FOR MY LEGS

POEM FOR MY LEGS (Poema a Mis Piernas)

I've got two long legs

that bend

like the bamboo

in front of my father's

country house.

At night they dangle

like vines

from the bed,

naked, they come undone

like two dark girls,

mortified.

When it raings

they hang out to dry

in the breeze,

they slip down

like two tears

they kiss

surrender

fertilize.

from my book THE LIGHTS AT MY TEMPLE

B O L E R O

Do not pressure me

Do not ask of me more than I can give

Do not box me in

or give me a schedule

     or limits.

Do not complicate me

with doubts

    or questions.

Do not drain my calm.

Do not trespass my borders.

There is a neutral point

where we can meet

and there I will love you

   love you

   love you.

Translated by Fiona Griffin. From the original LAS LUCES EN LA SIEN, 1993.