Crossroads and war
December 29, 2006
In faded grandiose
Incompatible development
Clinging to the past
To ignore the disaster
Of our communities
That refuse coexistence by principle
In politik
In society it falters ever so slightly
You wouldn’t notice that she tripped
Or that her heel chipped.
In his words the reason remains
And urgency as urgent as ever could be
Where is the army?
Why the church or mosque?
In slums they lie
Only two floors can hold on
To the calamity
Of them
And today.
Disgust?
It does not me.
I see
But have chosen to ignore.
Life is once.
I don’t have time for reincarnation.
Why in crossroads or chains?
From the jail window I see the necessity
Of socialist appreciation
And hegemonic incentives
Seeping through billboards
Of Coca Cola and Mercedes.
I long to explain
But my tongue has been cut off
By a lion that has only
Just begun to stir
In his cave–
A castle of castles–
In the crossroads of another place.
Disgust?
It is of most of all.
I know–
And so do you–
But cross the street
And don’t look right or left
Continue on walking
Back to 1976.
Ana- December 29, 2006
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