H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

RON RODRIGUEZ

The Lover

––by Ulalume Gonzalez de Leon

While he kissed Rosalia

he noticed that she didn’t have anything

no torso, no head, no arms, no legs… but these

details he forgot and covered her with kisses.

[From Plagio II, 1980. Translated by Ron Rodriguez, 2009. Originally published in NHS 2010, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs10/index.html.]