from 'The Parade Ends,' Reinaldo Arenas

[wmisswscarewall]

Passing through the exploding streets,
since the pipes are ready to give out
passing around the buildings, we need to dodge,
since they are falling onto us,
between the hostile faces scrutinizing and sentencing us,
between the closed establishments,
closed markets,
closed movie theaters,
closed parks,
closed cafés.
Exhibiting already dusty signs (

Comments

[i_just_float]

::applause::

[wmisswscarewall]

haha. i applaud it too, although i hope it's clear that it's not mine.

[i_just_float]

it says (from).

lol.

i got it.

[wmisswscarewall]

just making sure! i know i should've assumed you would figure it out, but the majority of the time people are like, "oh, from YOUR poem?" and i'm like, nooooooooo!