Tango With The
Amputee
it's a little
like life with him:
shaky, unstable. He'll
crutch you to the door with
a grin that makes him
elegant as Fred Astaire. From
the start, his voice like
cabeceo, that eye contact
across the room, electric
even on a car radio. Who
could resist taking what is
offered. He tells you
there are things he can do,
how he can get closer
to you in ways no other
tango dancer can. Call it
the horizontal tango,
the milonguero under the
blue quilts finding rhythm
with another at the
edge of chaos
