Jaque Mate 1916

A dog knocks on the backyard door
upstairs the neighbor hits his wife
the yellow line divides the asphalt
and outside people don't know what to do.

I see gasoline floating in a puddle
creating rainbows under my feet
An old man meets his double on a bench
and they read the news playing chess.

Tristan Tzara played chess with Lenin
the same street where Dada was born
sometimes I feel like I was a piece,
that board was my city.

Tristan Tzara played chess with Lenin
the same street where Dada was born
a year later the ghost appeared
traveling the world to my city.

A dog drinks its double in a puddle
swallows the rainbow and starts running
the neighbor's wife hits the asphalt
and the door upstairs doesn't know what to do.

The neighbor hits the dog on a bench
combines colors on its fur
the news turns yellow in the puddle
and outside the poor don't know what to do.

Tristan Tzara played chess with...

The old men divide the door and the bench
outside the dogs don't know what to do.
I read the news and jump over puddles
and find my double in a woman.

A dog, the door, the ghost, and the bench,
the news, the poor, the foot, and the woman
the yellow line, the old men, and the puddle
are pieces floating in a chess game
without knowing what to do...