<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Bare Words</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">Injustice breeds violence</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">violence breeds violence</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">violence breeds injustice</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">an old tale that must come to an end.</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">We are not flower or butterfly or stone</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">of innocent silence. </div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">If we do not cry — Cease fire!</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">we are accomplices to the slaughter</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">and the poet who keeps silent</div><div style="margin: 0in;" class="">betrays the word.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Rafael Jesús González</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">Palabras desnudas</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">Injusticia engendra violencia</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">violencia engendra violencia</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">violencia engendra injusticia —</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">un cuento viejo que hay que acabar.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">No somos flor ni mariposa ni piedra</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">de silencio inocente. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">Si no gritamos — ¡Alto el fuego!</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">somos cómplices a la matanza</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">y el poeta que guarda silencio</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class="">traiciona a la palabra.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in;" class=""><span lang="ES" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Rafael Jesús González 2023 </span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Palatino;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></body></html>