There are rules
a gentleman follows,
first
and foremost,
above all else.
To be a friend,
without condition.
To cherish,
without selfishness.
And to love,
without expectation.
I gladly accept
all of these things,
as they keep me
somewhat in your life.
I only wish that sometimes
I were not a gentleman,
and that I could allow myself
to linger
just a moment longer
in your wake.
That I could come closer
and not worry about consequence.
That I could be loved
if only circumstance
had chosen favor,
and worthiness
could ever be earned.
“The woman or man who is a poet, or fiction writer, or playwright, or all of these, is engaged constantly in a jazz ballet of vocabularies, passions, genders, histories, perspectives, death, love, and life. The music of revelation announces itself to
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
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