Ode To Márquez

Filomena, Saturnina, Nicolasa, Delgadina,

novice in love or parlor whore

queen of Babylon with a plebian roar

By dint of a hint
 the devil delivered you royal

to my ancient embrace
 void of thrills corporeal
bath in my nostalgia, 
lay on my bed of alstroemeria


you nameless, edifying, edenic oasis
imparting the madness of love with your face
I see the allure of simplicity: even as you sleep, you sing!


whisper a message to the sad scholar in me
that tenderness does not live in thought
it is a fluttering climax of visceral naught