TE15 Lithuanian Honey Cake

Sjón

THE TANGO DANCERS as if he is watching them but when he reaches for his glass we realise that he is blind. there is a fire burning in a stove in the bar, giving the scene an atmosphere that gradually becomes more hellish.

A TAXI DRIVER steps into the bar and looks at THE BLIND POET before addressing the audience.

TAXI DRIVER

since his childhood the blind poet of buenos aires defied the tradition of intellectuals born in EL SUR

who rarely look above the 50th parallel north in search of inspiration.

this is due to the human species’ natural inclination to seek warmth and comfort, elements alien to the hyperborean territories.

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