<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 35); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;" class="">After the Lecture</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> for Martin Luther King Jr.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> A woman said I was not polite</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> to the opposition,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> that I was harsh</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> and did not encourage</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> discourse.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Perhaps if I were Christ,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> I could say, "Forgive them</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> for they know not what they do."</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Or the queen, and apologize</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> for stubbing my executioner's toes.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> But only if I knew</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> the executioners</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> were mine only.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> What courtesy have I the right to give</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> to them who break the bones,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> the souls of my brothers,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> my sisters;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> deny bread, books</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> to the hungry,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> the children;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> medicine, healing</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> to the sick;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> roofs to the homeless;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> who spoil the oceans,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> lay waste the forests</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> and the deserts,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> violate the land?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Affability on the lips</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> of outrage</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> is a sin and blasphemy</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> I'll not be guilty of.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> - Rafael Jesús González</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class="">Después del Discurso</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> a Martin Luther King Jr.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Una mujer me dijo que no fui cortés</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> con la oposición,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> que fui duro</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> y que no animé</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> discusión.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Tal vez si fuera Cristo,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> pudiera decir - Perdónalos</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> que no saben lo que hacen. -</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> O la reina, y disculparme</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> por haber pisarle el pie a mi verdugo.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Pero solamente si supiera</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> que los verdugos</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> fueran solamente míos.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> ¿Qué cortesía tengo el derecho a darles</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> a los que quiebran los huesos</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> y las almas de mis hermanos,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> mis hermanas;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> les niegan el pan, los libros</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> a los hambrientos,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> a los niños;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> la medicina, el sanar</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> a los enfermos;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> techos a los desamparados;</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> que estropean los mares,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> que destruyen los bosques</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> y los desiertos,</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> violan la tierra?</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> Afabilidad en los labios</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> de la furia justa</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> es pecado y blasfemia</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> de la cual no seré culpable.</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 35, 35);" class=""> - Rafael Jesús González </div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>