THE BADASS

By Andrés Barroso
July 24, 2024

Now that you are coming, show your manners and wipe your shoes at the entrance, you saw what the mat says “beware of the badass”, so you know more or less how we go here, beware of my lyrics, they are like poisoned darts that will penetrate through all the pores of your skin, because, believe it or not, I am a bit of a poet. I sent the whole convoy and they kidnapped all your fears, and to the sound of the interrogation they had to sing, one by one they told me all your secrets, that's why I already know what makes you cry and laugh, from memory I tattooed the manual of your weaknesses, the map of the pact of your skin with your soul after seeing it I had to burn it.

Today I know that the one who sleeps with you is nothing more than a faithful admirer of yours with luck, who took advantage of your moment of solitude, and that was enough for him to be the VIP fan who sleeps with you at night, and instead I, a complete stranger, I'm a bastard who without doing anything lives in your mind and doesn't even pay rent, I'm a busy bastard, who gives you his time in dribs and drabs, I'm not in your birthday photo, but I'm the one who takes off the dress you wore for the occasion, the bastard who leaves you with homework for the whole day, because when you close the door you're already missing him. It's just sending you a message and your whole world goes into chaos, I don't have the strength of a hurricane, but I make the same mess in you, and he, on the other hand, not even with the most expensive gifts has been able to get you to give him a “I love you” as alms.

I am all those red flags that you swore to your friends that you would never take, I am the one who takes away your sleep without being there with you, I don't call myself insomnia, but I look like his twin, or at least that's what I am for you at three in the morning, you think that because I think and think what I do that the others have not achieved to bring you like this, you will decipher the code of this badass, but the thing is not so easy, the secret of a seducer, not even his pillow knows it. All it took was for you to smell my perfume, feel my gaze and have me in bed, so that you couldn't stop thinking about this bastard that you know little or nothing about him. All the mystery that lives around me is what has you pensive, because speaking little I provoke in you thousands of emotions, but do not give it many turns, do not get on the highway of your madness, because the truth you will never know, the patience of a good hunter is said to be his patience, a good gambler will never reveal his cards, that's why I'm a badass, and not a cheeky kid, the kind that reacts to all your stories, I'll never be your fan, I don't have time for children's games, I'm out on the battlefield, fighting real dragons, making this world keep on turning.

That's why I'm a badass, because I don't go around in magazine gossip, or in the mouths of snakes, with me all those women who want to see me fall, they just lick their teeth. I'm on my way out, I'm going to be more of a bastard, with me it's not the messaging, you already know that, see you at the same time, don't forget the condoms, you're the music but I'm the instruments, and tonight there's a party, so get pretty and I'll put you in all positions, come up with something better than last time, I don't want flies in the soup, because tonight the king checkmates the queen, the instructions on how to get there you'll get them at the right time, don't ask any more questions, I'll always be your only answer, here the badass says goodbye, without even saying goodbye.

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