Mientras tanto

Meanwhile

There is variable cloudiness
The horizon is visible
The day is pleasant
Like that summer in Villa facing the sea
A young woman shouts at a dog
Not to dirty her sidewalk
A crowded bus passes by
I discard a thousand poems nonstop
Meanwhile, meanwhile
Your waist becomes the moon
You put dreams in the cradle
And your bodice fills jugs with love
The walls of history fall
The old ones with their glories fall
And even my own memory
Resists but tends to faint
Blind presidents pass by
And behind them the dissidents
And a street band plays a drum
Celebrating a unique speech
Meanwhile, meanwhile
Your waist becomes the moon
You put dreams in the cradle
And your bodice fills jugs with love
A hundred whales commit suicide
A choir of AIDS formed
Television insists on showing
That there is nothing else to show
The hens lay eggs
I suck my fifth finger
And a minister is prosecuted
For wanting to take his chair home
Meanwhile, meanwhile
Your waist becomes the moon
You put dreams in the cradle
And your bodice fills jugs with love