jagüey

"There are two gates of sleep, one of which it is held is made of
horn and by it real ghosts have easy egress; the other shining
fashioned of gleaming white ivory, but deceptive are the visions
the underworld sends that way to the light." ~Virgil

And such is the waking dream I live,
my ghosts are the breath the darkness gives
to find me, lead me, sleepless
into memory and prophecy
to wander my own abyss;
tempered blackness
always open,
a nightmare
broken...
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"Es criminal quien sonríe al crimen;
quien lo ve y no lo ataca;
quien se sienta a su mesa;
quien se sienta a la mesa
de los que se codean con él
o le sacan el sombrero interesado;
quienes reciben de él el permiso de vivir."
-José Martí-