train of unthought

by Roberto Lavidez

no jobs around

no land to farm

only children

dying of hunger

their blood

used as fertilizer

growing hatred

to harvest wildfire

of dissent

to be snuffed out by

landowning oligarchy

who remains seated

on a hammock

smoking cigar and

looking at infinite sky

mincing gestures and

extravagant poses

always prepared

to mortgage country’s

sovereignty and future

the brutal exploitation

of the weak

raising more

mercenaries in shiny boots

than children with shoes

whose fathers labeled as

enemies of the estate

hounded like wounded

animals

fighting for their lives

bogged down by a persistent

nameless anxiety

the whole history

of the globalized world

is written by the vicious

inner circle of conspirators

who crawl out of bed

agonizing about

what is to be done

with their riches

or how life is to be lived

in their haciendas

after all the tangled

strands of unrest

over the little piece

of land which is life

and death for peasants

uprooted with their

questioning machetes

they sit on railroad tracks

grunting about

approaching train

which carries loads of grain

passing by every station

around the country

without ever arriving

at answers

©robertolavidez2013