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Hola.

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Hi.

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Wow.

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The poems I have in this
anthology are about a large

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prison that was ripped down
some years ago, el Oso Blanco,

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the White Bear.

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It's a very famous prison.

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And its construction, I
currently live in Villa Nevares,

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which is right across
from where it used to be.

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"En las primeras
décadas del nuevo siglo,

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Cenex se puso en marcha.

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Pero en ese siglo, betún había
cometido un delito digno de

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castigo,

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Un robo de arroz y café y una
deuda de grano, ron, y tierra.

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La justicia, siempre excelsa,
le encontró a pie en el camino

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real, sediento de fuente.

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Y aunque en el artículo uno
quedaba prohibida la extracción

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de esclavos sin permiso real,

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El artículo 2.1 exceptuaba los
sentenciados por los tribunales.

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Le transportaron ante
aquel cajón de la sastra

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Con su estalactita pendiente
donde las guardias revisaban los

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reclusos.

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Una detallaba los procedimientos
y la otra los desvestía.

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La española, con voz tallada,
explicaba mientras la gringa

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supervisaba la fila.

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Una repetía con
tono compareciente

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Y la otra los miraba con
odio fijo y manoseo firme.

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La estructura en sí se debatía.

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El estilo neomudéjar con su
afán secular contenía un corazón

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vacío de reforma,

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Una gran plaza de ciudad
española sembrada de flores

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fugitivas."

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And I guess for context, el Oso
Blanco was built by enslaved

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people and confined people,
so it's a prison built

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by prisoners.

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"In the first decade
of the new century,

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so next began their march.

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But in this bitumen century,
they had committed a felony

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worth punishment,

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A theft of rice or coffee or
a debt of grain, rum, or land.

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Justice, always lofty, found
Cenex on the royal road,

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thirsty for a source.

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And although article one states
the extraction of slaves is

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prohibited within royal decree,

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Article 2.1 makes an
exception for those sentenced

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by tribunals.

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They were transported before
that crate of harvest with its

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dangling stalactite,

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Where the guards
checked inmates.

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One detailed the procedures, and
the other handled undressing.

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The Spaniard with the
carved voice explained,

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While the gringa
supervised the line.

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One repeated a tone appearing
before the other with a fixed

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hate and a firm hand.

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The structure itself debated.

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The neomudéjar style,
its secular toil,

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contained a heart
free of reform,

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A great plaza for a Spanish city
planted with fugitive flowers.

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