Today I breakfasted on red
and instead of coffee with cream
I drank up the blood
and soul of every lamp
then
I was a rainbow
and a torch
but it hurt me terribly
because you must know
my dear Theo
it costs a lot to be a star.
León Gil (born 1954) Colombia
Translated by Mara Lucía Vásquez
Source: Poetry International
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