Sunday, January 31, 2016
For Otto Rene Castillo - poem
Lawrence Hall
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For Otto Rene Castillo
“…and there burned away in them…tenderness and life”
From “Intelectuales Apoliticos”
Translated by Rev. Raphael Barousse, OSB
Cloud-castles swirl among the mountain peaks
While lower down the jaguar rules and roars
And lower still, along a dusty road
A benevolence of United Fruit
The army burns a broken man to death
His final scream a hymn of victory
Ascending with the sacred smoke and ash
As incense over the altars of the poor
A blessing on the land of eternal spring
Hope swirling down like clouds from the mountain peaks
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