Defensa De La Alegría

Defending joy like a trench
Defending it from chaos and nightmares
From the worn-out misery and the miserable
From brief absences
And the definitive ones
Defending joy as an attribute
Defending it from shock and anesthesia
From the few neutrals
And the many neutrons
From serious diagnoses
And shotguns
Defending joy as a banner
Defending it from lightning and melancholy
From endemic evils
And academics
From the gentleman ruffian
And the opportunist
Defending joy as a certainty
Defending it despite God and death
From the stingy suicides
And murderers
And the pain of being absurdly happy
Defending joy as something inevitable
Defending it from the sea
And warm tears
From good manners
And last names
From chance
And also, also from joy.