ese poeta que me mira::that poet who looks at me

 Ese poeta que me mira.

Todas las noches,

sale de clase,

dilucida un verso,

espanta las moscas del bebedero,

bebe un sorbo,

sacude su blue jean.

Y lo sigue haciendo, siempre,

triste,

lacónico.

A veces,

el público lo aplaude,

él sólo merodea en su bolsillo,

hunde su frente en el palco

mientras yo pienso:

Él

y la página en blanco.

Martha Kornblith

Obra Completa

Editorial Eclepsidra, Caracas, Venezuela (2016)

That poet who looks at me.

Every night,

he leaves the classroom,

elucidates a verse,

scares the flies off the drinking fountain,

drinks a sip,

shakes the dust of his blue jean.

And he keeps doing it, always,

sad,

laconic.

Sometimes

the public applauds him,

he just prowls in his pocket,

sinks his forehead on the stage

while I think:

He

and the blank page.

Martha Kornblith

Complete Works

Editorial Eclepsidra, Caracas, Venezuela (2016)