convulsion

of drama and

adventure

by Roberto Lavidez

the pursuit

of Columbus

a convulsion

of drama

and adventure

aiming progress

through

resource

extraction

downstream

thinking

trapping

the indigenous in

a developmental

backwater

advancing

a moral basis

for invasion and

dispossession

justifying violence

to impose truth

on savages

stumbling

in the darkness

down ravines

opening a

pandora’s box

of iniquities

exterminating

languages

species and

cultures

driven by an

all consuming  

mania for the

satisfaction of

immediate needs

those who inherited

this madness

are managing

history today

exhibiting

flagrant disregard

for the

human dimension

a colossal tragedy

of expropriation

which had gone

on unabated

and largely

unchallenged

for centuries

lingering

despite being

exhausted by

carnage or

weighed down

by the spoils

of their looting

the colonizer

takes a respite

toying with

 a heavy dose

of theory about

redistribution

of wealth

suspicious 

of ideology

and cynical   

about socialist

solidarity

dismissive of

entire mode

of discourse

that may provide

badly needed

illumination

yet language

is quickly vanishing

in the midst

of the collapse

of ecosystem

and what's left

thriving in silence

is the abuse of power

©robertolavidez2013