The below poems were﻿ inspired by 1) an impromptu visit to the Medellín Museum of Modern Art and 2) a unique poetry experience in Cartagena.

between the turmoil of your days and the convulsion of your nights﻿

we﻿ let ourselves be seduced by the enjoyment of the instant

we abandoned the bitterness of the future

and embraced the calm of feeling ourselves in our own nest

thus we dwell and spread out like complicit vermin

and celebrate the rites that continue ﻿to conjure our encounter

the dances, the rhymes, the songs, and the graffiti

[Medellín]**, we walked your streets putting our thoughts in motion

Hip and Hop marked our openness to think and watch over our existence

now, more worn out by the hustle and bustle of life﻿

we understand﻿ that in the midst of your debauchery

﻿“erotic imaginary” via Raúl Gómez Jattín

of a March that will announce itself as windy

suddenly an almost invisible mist descends

kiss your neck and your black crystal beard

the garden is scented with masculine sweat

with the saliva of deep kisses which long

to unleash the torrent of desire at its height