Visit Rita’s Winery

By Daniel de Culla

Isabel’s photo

By the legitimacy of my epistolary friendship
With Moradilleva Ejidhova
And Votijova Cotarronova
21-year-old students at the Faculty
of Philology and Arts
of Urgench State University
In Uzbekistan, in Central Asia
On the Silk Road
I wanted to show myself generous and noble
Inviting them to my town for gazing in love
Moradillo de Roa, in Burgos
With all expenses included
Except round-trip travel
Telling them with gratitude:
-Well, then, once you arrive
I want to invite you to Rita's winery
Whose dining room counter
Has hanging on its front wall
An Arabic tapestry
With the episode depicted
From the "Rape of Scheherazade"
With the desire to love you
For a moment
If that is your wish
Letting you know that I am not
Like Sultan Shariar
Who married a virgin every day
And he ordered her beheaded the next day.
If this sultan enjoyed them
Up to three thousand, eternal God!
Until his release
Taking off their heads
I must tell you that I have enjoyed
No more than three women and a transvestite
All of them whores and the transvestite drunk.
Now I'm married, I confess
But a good ecstasy never hurts
Given in time
For in this matter my talent as a donkey shines.
Come see it.
I'll point out for you
The spot or position in this town
Where the church is located at the top
And the wine cellar, at its feet
In front of the loophole
It's shaped like a manger.
By return of mail
They replied me:
-My dear: Yes, we'll go!
As for the love, we'll see.
Let's see how you behave
In case you lose our special touch 
Catching you and castrating you.