El Samovar de Rasputin

 

El Samovar de Rasputin

In La Boca

What dark destiny trolls these streets?

All around are painted walls from distant times

when ships sailed here to be broken

robbed, stripped and spent

as la vida tangoed on

in its toilet bowl of existence.

 

Here, a loose tiled sidewalk can jump

at you in any moment and you must keep

all your senses in this place or feel the knife

plunge its way through your vacio

as it cuts in a moment of madness

through all of what you know 

and taste as real.

Graphic: Stock Poster Image 

Note:
The Poem is an indirect ode to the great Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges and in particular his famous short stories that involve duels between Knife Fighters.