Abstract

I have experienced the tribulations of fate.

Victories and defeats, revolutions and restorations.

Inflations and deflations, bombings,

Defamations, broken regimes and broken pipes,

Hunger and cold, internment and solitary confinement.

Through it all I have passed,

And through me it all has passed.

I am acquainted with the abundant varieties of terror,

The terror from above and the terror from below,

Terror on the land and terror from the air,

Terror legal and extra-legal,

Brown, red and checkered terror,

And worst of all, the terror none dares to name.

I am acquainted with them all and know their grip.