A Dónde Irán Los Besos
Ana Belén
Where Will the Kisses Go
Your trembling kiss and double feature, five pesetas
at the right moment they plugged us in with the flashlight.
How many sunsets through the alleys without giving us respite
how different the kisses when you went to school.
From that Judas kiss we discovered without realizing
next to the hearts pierced by an arrow.
When he threw his ring the water of the rose turned black.
It's been thirty-five years and I've never stepped on his sidewalk again.
Where will the kisses go that we keep
that we don't give, where does that hug go if you never get to give it
Where will so many things we swore one summer go.
Dancing with the orchestra we promised not to forget each other.
And the kiss that comes to you in that letter you never expect
since it's not signed you look different from the other girls.
All the French I knew and will know was never her fault.
They called her Baby and I saw her in the ballet of
