Latent Love Poem by Juan Varela

It had been a long time
I don’t write of your appeal
you asked me if your smile
is not gleaming anymore
it is the mood
that swings by time
even the beauty is tiresome
recurrent sweet
that cloy us
taking for granted the love

Amended menu
franchised fast food
an end to orders like this
akin to the honeymoon
for supper
a personal striptease

No more pepper
no more salt
a wake up motion
to talk divorce

Routine of kisses
scheduled sex
astonishment is gone
spontaneity is death

But overall
is the disdain
so cruel and raw
that keeps me mute
with tons of words
uncomplainingly
expecting that the luck
will do my job
everlastingly