Roots of Cuban black boxing.
''It's hard being black. Have you been ever black? I was black once ... when he was poor''- Larry Homes -
______________________
Your gloves placed on the tip of your body squirrel
and punch in your smile.
North is fierce and tough boxer.
same Broadway,
vein that bleeds attitude
to scream along with rings that you
monkey jump as a modern elastic
without the spring of the ropes.
not clinch the cushions;
Broadway
same anointing of wonder mouth
melon with your fists explosives
and your current leather shoes;
same Broadway,
is stretching his mouth with a huge wet tongue, lick
greedily all the blood of our reeds.
Surely you will not live
aware of certain things from us, or
things there,
because the training is hard and the muscle traitor
and we must be a bull,
as you say happily, that the blow hurt more.
Your English,
a little tighter than your weak English,
you only serve to understand the canvas
slang terms in their green
jaws chew the slides you
jab to jab.
really do not need anything else,
because as likely to think,
already have your place.
is good, after all,
find a punching bag,
remove fat under the sun,
jump
sweat
swim
and Swiss shadow boxing,
the shower the dining room, polished
out, fine, strong,
newly styled as a cane
with aggressiveness of black jack.
And now that Europe
naked flesh roasting in the sun and looking
in Harlem and Havana
jazz and are
black shine while applauding the boulevard,
and facing the envy of the whites speak
really black.
Small ode to a Cuban boxer black
same Broadway,
vein that bleeds attitude
to scream along with rings that you
monkey jump as a modern elastic
without the spring of the ropes.
not clinch the cushions;
Broadway
same anointing of wonder mouth
melon with your fists explosives
and your current leather shoes;
same Broadway,
is stretching his mouth with a huge wet tongue, lick
greedily all the blood of our reeds.
Surely you will not live
aware of certain things from us, or
things there,
because the training is hard and the muscle traitor
and we must be a bull,
as you say happily, that the blow hurt more.
Your English,
a little tighter than your weak English,
you only serve to understand the canvas
slang terms in their green
jaws chew the slides you
jab to jab.
really do not need anything else,
because as likely to think,
already have your place.
is good, after all,
find a punching bag,
remove fat under the sun,
jump
sweat
swim
and Swiss shadow boxing,
the shower the dining room, polished
out, fine, strong,
newly styled as a cane
with aggressiveness of black jack.
And now that Europe
naked flesh roasting in the sun and looking
in Harlem and Havana
jazz and are
black shine while applauding the boulevard,
and facing the envy of the whites speak
really black.
Small ode to a Cuban boxer black
Songoro cosongo (1931)
1902-1989 NICOLAS GUILLEN
1902-1989 NICOLAS GUILLEN
photographs of some of boxing's most exquisite Cuba has
* Kid Gavilan with Everlast gloves, 1953 (Life) Chuck Davey
black pants, with Kid Gavilan, 1953 (AP)
* Stephen Gallard (a) Patent Leather Kid
* True Kid Chocolate, the Cuban.
* Cross Billy Graham on the Cuban Kid Gavilan, 1951 (AP)
* Ultiminio "Sugar" Ramos (wbhf.org)
* Butter Naples, autographed photo
* Luis Manuel "El Feo" Rodriguez
* Kid Gavilan, 1953 (Life)
The author:
* Nicolás Guillén, giant universal poetry.
0 comments:
Post a Comment