The Salsa Nocturna Epigraph

The first edition of Salsa Nocturna went to press before we had a chance to uh...clear all the copyright hurdles to get this in here, but the new edition has it. It's from the song Magdalena and Krys listen to during their soiree in the props closet and the epigraph for the book.

EPIGRAPH

 They singOf memories, tragedies,Waltzes and scattered demonologiesThey sing to ward offThe sting of might have been, could have been, if onlyAnd build a brand new language of maybeCanyons of possibility open with each noteEvery molecule a chance,A hope or extinguished dreamWagging tongues and gnashing teeth,Eyes moist and sharp,To keep the doubt at bay They sing, the DeadAnd the world cracks openAnd bleeds another day 

Cantan

De memorias y tragedias

Valses y demonologías dispersas

Cantan para evitar

El escozor de lo que pudiera haber sido, hubiera podido ser, si sólo

Y construir un nuevo lenguaje del quizás

Cañones de posibilidad  se abren con cada nota

Cada molécula un chance

Una esperanza o sueño apagado

Lenguas meneándose y dientes rechinando

Ojos mojados y agudos

Para detener la duda

Cantan los Muertos

Y el mundo se rompe abierto

Y desangra otro día

From the song Katarsis

by Culebra