I. À Massy Palaiseau
Paris, 2012
Farther down the platform
a woman stands
shrouded
within a black burqua,
a thin gold watch
shimmering on her wrist.
She may be the last word
the poet seeks —
her shifting shapelessness
strangely becoming,
a world
of intimation.
II. Estación de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, 2014
After the drunken man
is carried off the train
it continues its blind climb
into the night —
Swaying unsteady
as the hand of the poet,
unsure of the path
of her words
in the dark.
III. Deep Friendship
Fisterra, 2017
Outside the Autoservicios
a dog is tied up,
pacing
in search of its master.
Its cries are sharp
as a rock in the heel,
the tender sliver
of longing.
They bloom wild and azure —
blue as the morning glories
covering the steel roof across
the street —
mounting one another
in perfect desire
for the sky.