Dirge for a Bar That Has Closed Down
César Tiempo
1933
The slow and green river that winds through
the blanched street of the Jewish Quarter
kept watch over your agony.
From my old table
I used to see him
approach your windows with
restless eyes. And as he wandered away beaten,
his responsory was a lamentation
on the winding streets of Callao and Corrientes.
Your unexpected departure
changed the course of the…
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