pulse of life

by Roberto Lavidez

it is present

but invisible

inaudible

a somewhat

differently

clothed

imperialism

of global

modalities

a time

devoid of

emancipation

narratives

to perceive

all too clearly

the difference

between

freedom

and slavery

we have

become

the new

endangered

species

with all things

stratified

and stagnant

only the cast

of characters

is altered

to fit new

circumstances

enclosed by

the waters

and the

passage

of time

positioned

to receive

contradictory

messages

the dispensation

of rewards

and eternal

condemnation

all the

destruction

bloodshed

famines and

pestilences

endured

the slavery

of some

came to be

considered

necessary

to the

freedom

of others

quickening

the pulse

of life

the mixture

of kindness

and cruelty

so prevalent

throughout

temporalizing

and spatializing

regimes

that write

the maps of

world history

imposing itself

with predictable

and schematic

obviousness

a chronicle

of marvelous

reality

©robertolavidez2014