Cruz De Navajas
Celia Cruz
Knife's Edge
at 5 the bar at 33 closes
but Mario doesn't leave until 6
and if he also has to do the cash register, say goodbye
close to dawn, it usually becomes
while Maria is already up
she has cleaned the house, even made coffee
and waits for him half naked.
Mario arrives tired and greets without much enthusiasm
he craves the bed but a different kind
and Maria wets her desires in the coffee