ONLINE CURRENTS VOL3 - Flipbook - Page 37
Similarly, another phenomenon of the war was the systematic kidnapping of individuals, who
would be taken to “fragile ecosystems such as the National Natural Parks which provided a
secure hideout and ideal conditions for the detention of the victims.”
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First tigers stalked our ranches
but then came insatiable monsters to swallow up the the river and ask us for
stars
we were afraid that a glimmer of light would give us away - sticking up like a tail we fled to the darkness and in the darkness we followed the stripes
and we found
shelter…
Only those of us who sheltered in the tiger’s house were spared
It’s better to live with the tigers
they are gods above men
Whilst communities were displaced, their land was occupied, looted and destroyed by the
same armed factions who - according to the Truth Commission - turned the territories into a
landscape of horror.
In the same manner undertaken by the Spanish invaders, known as ‘conquistadors’, the
armed groups also divided, redistributed and intervened indiscriminately in the land with no
solidarity or respect, only under the cruel and egotistical maxim which was to use the land for
their own benefit and military and economic needs.
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In the beginning sheep and donkeys had their springs
but then the invaders came to exploit the rocks,
and the contaminated air skinned
rivers and natives
God was better when a tiger
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