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From the 99 percent

4/5/2018

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​Rinconcito
is a special “little corner” in Somos en escrito for short writings: a single poem, a short story, a memoir, flash fiction, and the like.

​By Arnoldo García

To the 1%

You cannot wash
away your wars
You cannot bury
your crimes
You will never finish
mourning your losses
We will make furrows
over every inch
of the earth
our hands roots that reach
into the tomb of everyone
called the land
So that everyone we love
every neighbor
every co-worker
every family
every original people
every woman, man, student, guerrilla, migrant
who is missing
turns the sun inside out into our shadow
The light's flayed skin wrapped around
the shoulders of the wind
To comfort us from you.
You cannot murder
the sun
You cannot swallow
the earth
You cannot overthrow
the clouds
You cannot.
Our song thunders
in our sleep
Our sleep is an armed movement
Our sleep is serial justice
You die in our sleep
and we wake up to our dream...

Rinconcito
es un rincón pequeño especial en Somos en escrito para escritos cortos: un poema, un cuento, una memoria, ficción de repente, y otros.

Al 1%

No podrás limpiar
tus guerras
No podrás enterrar
tus crímenes
Nunca podrás acabar
estar de luto por tus pérdidas
Haremos zurcos
sobre cada centímetro
del planeta
Nuestras manos raíces que se extenderán
en la tumba de todas y todos
llamada la tierra
Para que todas y todos que amamos
cada vecina y vecino
cada compañera y compañero de trabajo
cada familia
cada pueblo original
cada mujer, hombre, estudiante, guerrillero, migrante
desaparecido
voltea el sol al revés en nuestra sombra
La piel desollada de la luz
envuelta alrededor de los hombros del viento
Para consolarnos de tí
Nunca podrás asesinar
al sol
Nunca podrás tragarte
a la tierra
Nunca podrás derrocar
a las nubes
No podrás.
Nuestro canto retumba
en nuestro reposo
Nuestro reposo es un movimiento armado
Nuestro reposo es justicia que no será detenida
Ustedes morirán en nuestro reposo
y nosotras y nosotros levantaremos a nuestro sueño...
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​Arnoldo García is a co-writer of Poets against War & Racism | Poetas contra la guerra y el racism Poets against war and racism, published by Editorial Xingao, Oakland, California, 2017. For a book, click copy. For more information, visit artofthecommune.wordpress.com.

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