Spicaresque:

A Spanglish blog dedicated to the works, ruminations, and mongrel pyrotechnics of Yago S. Cura, an Argentine-American poet, translator, publisher & futbol cretin. Yago publishes Hinchas de Poesia, an online literary journal, & is the sole proprietor of Hinchas Press.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

CONSEJOS DE UN UNINITIATE EN EL REALM DE LOS QUE HABLAN SIN SABER


Never call medicines candy
in front of your small children
Try not to belch ebulliently
or breaststroke in the cathedral
of your body odor. Forsake sexual
lair entanglements! Tear gratuity
from the rafters! Forego Tuberculosis
control in lieu of international
elopement quarters Steer shady characters
away, banish the cokehead short-order
cooks and those under the fiefdom of a substance
Teach them to save and earn, learn
the Morse of the mongrels when they
clang on the shiftless water pipes
Harangue them about manners of flossing
like you don't stare at the skewered
morsel, and you certainly don't
nibble on that kernel Childrens
seek the subtle oratory morass
but Tae Kwon Do speaks leagues more
punctuation importance, and the disciplined
way we must speak to each other

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