The imperialism of the United States/has a wide grave:/ther… - Julia de Burgos

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The imperialism of the United States/has a wide grave:/there is your dead wife/there your little one/there your cow/there your mare/your field and your land.

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Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet.

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your two hands no longer lift me/to gather the sky's harvest of stars

And yet, you have not died Martí, you only sleep;/the earth requested you like a flag

A cada paso adelantado en mi ruta hacia el frente/rasgaba mis espaldas el aleteo desesperado/de los troncos viejos.

The imperialism of the United States/has a wide grave:/there is your dead wife/there your little one/there your cow/there your mare/your field and yo… - Julia de Burgos

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