MESSI BEST FUTBOL PLAYER 2009

And, this is the ode I wrote for Messi which was published in the latest issue of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review...


ODE TO LEONEL MESSI
by Yago Cura

You’re a meñique Loki—
an algebra prodigy, a mischief wick
Pre-Cambrian fireworks display
nighttime diving from the Concussion Quarry
Messi, your tech is so untextbook—
stun each cell of the reel calling shots
faster than fast surpassing speeding
catalysts of exponential, radical acceleration
Messi, you are ten ton cubes —
pins, toothpicks and shattered Tara Donovan plate glass
slide tackle currency, malicious cleats
the genetic credit of petite assassin panthers
embedded in the hormone Barcelona bought
maybe supersonic lures, colibrí piety
what type locura drives you to greyhound
around the pitch, unmuzzled. and spewing ducats