poetry from Equatorial Guinea

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"Somos de ciudad"
(an excerpt)
by Juan Tomas Avila Laurel

No hay agua, ni luz
ni fe para decir
que el petróleo matará los mosquitos
del paludismo de los charcos.

[There is neither water, nor light
nor faith to say
that petroleum will kill the malaria-carrying
mosquitos in the puddles.]

Comments

[anonymous]

what happened to your journal mujersita linda??????