The Red Shoes
- Richard Wells
- Jul 2
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 27
by Richard Wells
translated by Richard Wells
The Women
Las Perdidas
Las Olvidadas
Las Desaparecidas
No one is invisible
unless we make them so
The shoes have been left
for the women
But the night has passed
and no one has returned
There is only dust
In the city of Guanajuato
a man knows
where a body lies
and in the countryside
another man knows
where a body lies
and in this country
men know
where bodies lie
Thousands
are counted
in the minds of men
who will not speak
and who will die in fear
Do not pray for them.
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