Elections and . . . : second part (1985)
"People go out to vote
but the guerrillas obstruct them."
That's what's said on Channel 4 in Manhattan.
On the 28th of March we're made to understand
that Democracy is being obstructed
by the left, "the guerrillas
fire against the Salvadoran people,"
but that chaos was invented in the White House
and it doesn't afflict the public in Chatatenango,
there aren't any guarantees
for the public to take hold of!
although some go out and vote pretending
that the machinery is not fraudulent,
that Duarte doesn't repress,
not withstanding that it's written in every man's bible,
that in El Salvador Christ has not yet
freed his folk.
Copyright Credit: Miguel Algarin, "Elections and . . . : second part (1985)" from Survival Supervivencia. Copyright © 2009 by Miguel Algarin. Reprinted by permission of Arte Público Press.