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