Un Beso in Cuba

Back with your right
forward with your left
Cross body turn – press her.
Let her know it’s coming.
Ahora, enchufa!*

Los Van Van swing
a ritmo Cubano.*
Smutty studio windows
the wooden floor pale and
polished under dancing feet
sliding, stepping,
pounding, turning.
A door slips open –
Cuban couple whose feet are
loving the moment.

Let her foot get in the middle
your feet stay on the outside.
Ahora, una vuelta!*

I look down at the pattern
un beso* with his pelvis
his feet frame mine.
Can lesson one get
this sexy, this fast
in sultry Havana?



*Ahora, enchufa! – Now slide in!
*ritmo Cubano – Cuban rhythm
*Ahora, una vuelta! – Now a turn!
*un beso – a kiss