Poem by Eduardo Galeano

fall here
now
this leaf
this wish
this golden red passion
of you
painted on the soul

whisper in those raspy
jagged
broken tones
how you will stay
even as you fall
here now
glowing
tarnished
a path beneath my seeking feet

Upside Down

A Primer For The Looking Glass World by Eduardo Galeano

Excerpts from the book-

p1
Al Capone, speaking to Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr - interview published in Liberty magazine October 17, 1931, a few days before Capone went to jail.

"People respect nothing nowadays. Once we put virtue, honor, truth, and the law on a pedestal.... Graft is a byword in American life today. It is law where no other law is obeyed. It is undermining the country. Virtue, honor, truth and the law have all vanished from our life."

p6
The world economy is the most efficient expression of organized crime. The international bodies that control currency, trade, and credit practice international terrorism against poor countries, and against the poor of all countries, with a cold-blooded professionalism that would make the best of the bomb throwers blush.

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