nostalgia, the argentine virus

virulent as bird flu,
I'm infected
with nostalgia
for something
not in my past,
a foreign passion
not part
of my genetic pool
or experience.

like antibodies
for a childhood disease;
the memories of others
carried by music and flesh
infect my soul
with mirror image of
tango.

this miasma!
without knowing
barrio
or castellano
without ties
of blood
or tradition!