Oliverio Girondo #06 – Exvoto

Girondo published his first collection of poetry in 1922 (the same year that brought us other cutting edge works, such as Finnegans's Wake, The Waste Land, Trilce, The Enormous Room, Paulicéia Desvairada, The Marine Cemetery, etc). In this poem, "Exvoto"– the Latin derivation meaning "offering" –Girondo satyrizes the "chicas de Flores", Flores being an affluent [...]