Tercio De Muerte

Tercio De Muerte1

I am not a bullfighter.
I do not fight:
Fought,
Before the crowds, in the heat,
In a suit of lights.

Under a different name:
Matare,2
Know this is not a sword I hold,
But a dagger.
Do not mistake my silence for
Self-Confidence.
My calm for content.

No I am not, and
These people did not
Come to see me.
Wounded,
Playing with a cape.

Footnotes
1  Third Of Death, the third round of a bullfight
2  The old Latin from which Matador was derived, means killer