On reading the poetry in Lero Lero, a collection of Cacaso's poetical work, this article questions the supposition that marginal poetry has no literary value as it was created through spontaneous expression of day-to-day facts, overlooking poetical elaboration. On the contrary, Cacaso's poems point towards the construction of a simulacrum of spontaneity sustained not by a formal unconcern, but, yes, by a refined language, thereby placing the so-called literary values on a tightrope. Therefore we shall examine what this may mean and its effects.
Cacaso; marginal poetry; simulacrum of spontaneity