Ultraje/ Outrage

        by James E. O'Neill

        Desnuda yace,
        sangrada,
        violada
        por mano amiga,
        por mano ajena,
        Sangrada yace,
        lacerada y violada,
        abierta, manchada.
        Desflorada.
        Yace violada y desflorada,
        penetrada,
        la doncellez
        sólo un recuerdo.
        Humillada yace,
        los ojos nublados,
        lagrimados.
        Desnuda, desflorada,
        herida
        yace...
        ÀQué hemos hecho?
        ÀQué hemos hecho?
        Tierra, mi tierra,
        tierra nuestra,
        Àqué te hemos hecho?
        she lies naked,
        bloodied,
        violated
        by a familiar hand,
        by an unknown hand.
        She lies bloodied,
        lacerated and violated,
        opened and stained.
        Deflowered.
        She lies violated, deflowered,
        penetrated,
        maidenhood
        only a memory.
        She lies defiled,
        eyes clouded,
        tear-filled.
        She lies naked,
        deflowered,
        wounded...What have we done?
        What have we done?
        Earth, my earth,
        our earth,
        What have we done to you?


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