Soy un hotel
engalanado para recibir tus lamentos
con una habitación
especialmente acomodada
para desgranarme en tu presencia
y hagas de mí
sublime pop corn
con el fuego de tu mirada.
Y así yo,
como despojo en tus muelas,
saborearé el rastro de tus besos.
I am a hotel
decked out to receive your laments
with a room
especially accomodated
to shuck myself in your presence
and you make of me
sublime popcorn
with the fire of your glance.
And thus i,
like scraps between your molars,
will savor the trace of your kisses.
—Translated by Lea Graham
Previously published in Southern Humanities Review (Fall 2013)
Photo by Jayne