Confianzas
Gotan Project
Trusts
Trusts
sits at the table and writes
"with this poem, you won't take power," he says
"with these verses, you won't start the Revolution," he says
"not even with a thousand verses will you start the Revolution," he says
and more: those verses won't help him so that
working-class teachers and laborers live better
eat better, or he himself eats better
nor will they help him win anyone's heart
he won't make money with them
he won't get into the movies for free with them
he won't get clothes with them
he won't score tobacco or wine with them
neither parrots nor scarves nor boats
nor bulls nor umbrellas will he get with them
if it rained, they'd just get him wet
he won't find forgiveness or grace with them
"with this poem, you won't take power," he says
"with these verses, you won't start the Revolution," he says
"not even with a thousand verses will you start the Revolution," he says
sits at the table and writes
