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Read My Hands

History of Lies

When I see these dark faces burnt by the sun
purple-black like the beaten earth
enduring screams between one century and another
almost finished like old souls before crossing over
with a cruel history of conquests and abuse
like a people in the body of an orphan child before God,
I ask myself
if I have ever been devil white in a previous life
and how was it that I lived in the shadow of a lie.

Historia de Mentiras

Cuando veo estas caras oscuras quemadas por el sol
morenas como la tierra golpiada
aguantando gritos entre un siglo al otro
casi acabadas como viejas almas antes de crusar
con una historia cruel llena de conquistas y abuso
como una gente en el cuerpo de un nino huerfano antes de dios,
me pregunto
si fui diablo blanco
en una vida anterior y como asi pude vivir en la sombra de una mentira.

 

Written after seeing a PBS documentary of Cesar Chavez
New Orleans

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