Crazy Gypsy
de Luis Omar Salinas(2010)
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I
I am Omar
the crazy gypsy
nimble footed
and carefree
I write poems
on walls
that crumble
and fall
I talk to shadows
that sleep
and go away
crying
I meet fearless girls
who tell me
their troubles
my loneliness
bottled up in their
tummy
II
I am Omar
the crazy gypsy
I write songs
to my dead mother
hurl stones
at fat policemen
and walk on sea weed
in my dreams
I walk away from despair
like a horse walks away
from his master
end up in jail
eating powdered eggs
for breakfast
III
My spine shakes
to the songs
of women
I am heartless and lonely
and I whistle a tune
out of one of my dreams
where the world
babbles out loud
and Mexican hat check girls
do the Salinas Shuffle
a dance composed
by me on one
of my nightmares
and sold
for a bottle
of tequila.
IV
I am Omar
the crazy gypsy
I waltz through avenues
of roses
to the song
of Mariachis
V
I am Omar
the Mexican gypsy
I speak of love
as something
whimsical and aloof
as something
naked and cruel
I speak of death
as something inhabiting
the sea
awkward and removed
I speak of hate
as something
nibbling my ear