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Limerick: Once a Toro Loved By a Matador

Limerick : Once a Toro loved by a Matador Once a Toro* loved by a Matador* Maimed between shoulders by Picador* Matador garrocha* Picador muchacha* Picador cornudo* Matador. *Toro : bull raised for fighting in arenas (rings) *Matador : « matador de toros », bullfighter ; usually the head « torero », title obtained after the « alternativa », ceremony honoring the torero or « novillero », the apprentice bullfighter *Picador : the well-protected assistant to the matador on horseback who wounds the toro between the shoulders in order to cause the bull to hang its head *garrocha/garrochar : (to use) the long lance with a metallic harpoon-like head , wielded by the Picador *muchacha : Spanish for girl or « daughter » as in this case *cornudo : cuckolded (husband gored) © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013

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Suzanne Delaney

Date: 4/4/2013 9:54:00 AM

very clever play on words and it all looks accidental. ha

T Wignesan
Date: 4/4/2013 11:53:00 AM

Hi Suzanne (if I may be familiar as a PS member), glad you liked the piece. Hope the warning is clear: Keep clear of Picadors! "Picar" in Spanish means (among other things): "Herir leve y superficialmente con instruments punzante". But, if you look at the majestically magnificent toros after their passage at the hands of picadors, what a shame! Every good wish. Wignesan