Antes foi dor, agora é um poema de amor
Não posso me desvencilhar dessa paixão,
É Fatal
É violenta, não tem compaixão, é cruel,
São flagelos, são da chibata,
É potencial para desvarios da mente.
Eu, embargada,
Fui flechada por Éros,
Fui estapeada pelas palmas, esmagada
Fui, pelos dedos salientes,
Dançarinos, eles vieram do ventre.
Em terra vi uma divina criação,
Tecida do osso, dourada sua carne,
Casca que pulsa,
Tem a pele feita do ouro.
-Amanda de Almeida Lima
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Carlos Cancio
« Por la encendida calle Antillana va Tembandumba de la Quimbamba »
Acrílico sobre lienzo, 2003
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MAJESTAD NEGRA
Por: Luis Palés Matos
Por la encendida calle antillana
Va Tembandumba de la Quimbamba
--Rumba, macumba, candombe, bámbula---
Entre dos filas de negras caras.
Ante ella un congo--gongo y maraca--
ritma una conga bomba que bamba.
Culipandeando la Reina avanza,
Y de su inmensa grupa resbalan
Meneos cachondos que el congo cuaja
En ríos de azúcar y de melaza.
Prieto trapiche de sensual zafra,
El caderamen, masa con masa,
Exprime ritmos, suda que sangra,
Y la molienda culmina en danza.
Por la encendida calle antillana
Va Tembandumba de la Quimbamba.
Flor de Tórtola, rosa de Uganda,
Por ti crepitan bombas y bámbulas;
Por ti en calendas desenfrenadas
Quema la Antilla su sangre ñáñiga.
Haití te ofrece sus calabazas;
Fogosos rones te da Jamaica;
Cuba te dice: ¡dale, mulata!
Y Puerto Rico: ¡melao, melamba!
Sus, mis cocolos de negras caras.
Tronad, tambores; vibrad, maracas.
Por la encendida calle antillana
--Rumba, macumba, candombe, bámbula--
Va Tembandumba de la Quimbamba.
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Black Majesty
Translated by Paquito D’ Rivera
Down the scorching Antillean street
Goes Tembandumba of the Quimbamba*
Between two rows of black faces
--Rumba, macumba, candombe, bámbula.
Before her, a congo band thumps
A bombastic conga—gongos and maracas.
Moving her hips, the Queen steps up
And her immense buttocks with drums collide
The Congo seductive plays along
In curdled rivers of sugar and molasses.
Brown-skinned mill of sweet sensation,
Her colossal hips, those massive mortars,
Make rhythms ooze, sweat bleed like blood,
And all this grinding ends in dance.
Down the scorching Antillean street
Goes Tembandumba of the Quimbamba.
Flower of Tórtola, Rose of Uganda,
For you the bombas and bambulas crackle.
For you these feverish nights go wild
And set on fire Antilla’s ñáñiga blood.
Haiti offers you its gourds;
Jamaica pours its fiery rums;
Cuba tells you, give us what you got, mulata!
And Puerto Rico: melao, melamba!
Get down, my black-faced love-crazed rascals.
Jangle, drums, and jiggle, maracas.
Down the scorching Antillean street
Goes Tembandumba of the Quimbamba
--Rumba, macamba, candombe, bámbula.
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I just realized I forgot to share my pictures of this guy here! Allow me to introduce the elucidating Meddler from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures, Robert E. O. Speedwagon! I became a fan of him back in June 2021 after…a not so great first impression my first watch through of Phantom Blood back in 2020. I initially thought he was annoying since all he seemed to do was stand there and scream and state the obvious. Not my cuppa.
But then after my friend told me he’s “a dad friend” to Jonathan, I took a closer look at both the anime and at scenes in the manga that did not make it into the anime. What I saw was a character who combines Everything I love. Every negative trait that makes characters fun. Every positive trait that makes them lovable. Everything about him stood out. Then I finally saw part two and could not help but want to hug the old man. Those of you who know me, know that my favorite character for the past decade has been Scrooge McDuck, whom I hyper-focused on and researched and bought way too many comics for. Speedwagon is a combination of young Scrooge before he became a hardened, greedy multidecaquadzillionaire, and old Scrooge who is crafty, cunning, knows every trick in the book when it comes to running a business, and caught between the limitations of his aging body and his own strong will. Speedwagon is super loyal, super confident, super observant, selfless, and quick to validate his friends, yet occasionally self-deprecating, calling himself a useless bystander and expressing frustration at not being able to fight back personally against the horrible odds stacked against his friends. His selflessness is visible from his mob boss days when he checked on his friends’ condition before deciding it was okay to lower his guard and make a new friend, to the international non profit organization he formed to continue his quest to help and protect humanity and nature.
I could not love this character more, so when I found out there was a new action figure coming out this year for him, I saved up and jumped on the bandwagon to grab him. It’s the first new merchandise that’s been produced for this great character in a decade and I wanted to show support for him. The lottery sold out pretty quickly but second chances came up and now this boy has a home with my model horses.
The Medicos Super Action Statue figure is a bit stiffer and more prone to rubs than I expected. I already broke one of the feather decorations on his bowler hat, but I adore the facial sculpt. The subtle smirk. The worry lines. The mane. Even though Bald Wagon is a bit cursed-looking without his toupee, I can’t resist his adorableness otherwise.
So… Yeah. This grown-up horse girl has one super buff action figure in her collection and his name is based on a American band, which is based on a car.
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