Poems, Time

 

I like poems because they don't take long to read

Like today I finished my soup and spinach with yogurt

And read one about a dog

Abandoned by Spanish conquistadors

And left to languish in solitude

Dizzy with the most profound betrayal

Which finally becomes great ferocity

Also a poem about a woman who waits in a plaza

From morning to sunset for her love

Who has crossed the border and gone north

Who does not return

And one about a dream the poet has

Where three women feed him

Some kind of feast of sacrifice

Including "enchiladas sauced in blood"

And potentially poems do not take

As long to write as novels for example

This is good because where does all the time go

Between working and making food and eating it

And stretching and cleaning

I barely have time to finish this one

If I am going to also get a walk

Before teaching

So that my heart

Does not block up and kill me

Before I can finish

All that I must