Photo ex libris of the people Portuguese
Vilification
Garlic is mixed with apples
The oxen will always have a name
And it will always be averse to democracy
A man ain't a party
If not the values he defends!
And when the party doesn't defend
ideals and yes interests, the regime gives
Room for all kinds of euphemisms
To mask the real reason for the attacks
Don't bring false questions!
Be men, not thieves.
In Spite of Opium
Once upon a time
there were men
with a sense of statesmanship
And they stood aside
so as not to mingle with the others,
One day men were stiff and loyal
And they did not make use of the state,
but they served the nation
That day would continue to avenge,
if there were men with dignity,
a sense of state,
and the value of freedom,
who would not be converted
in more vestry rats.
Don't put it in the same basket
All your bitterness and frustrations
You are still alive
You still have a voice
You hide behind
You hide behind the rocks
But in addition to throwing them
And throw names at the culprits
Go and do better
That your ancestors
Plan A
For a democracy of direct representation,
that true democracy requires
What none has hitherto
to give of those who speak,
Transparency,
lucidity and sense of duty
Plan B
The people will be your reputation
Oblige the Members of Parliament
for democracy
sharing the same folder, the
Govern the Nation,
Together, Elected
to form a team,
"the national team"
not a contraption, where
One is more in charge than the others
but where everyone is a solution
and not a problem.
If you want a nation
Well-run house
that reflects your ideals,
do not devise schemes,
doctrines or diadems
to save your skin
and forget who elects you.
Break the trickery
to which you have
become accustomed,
Forget the religion you preach
and work out the difference
without recourse to your
Institutional Vices
Defend the people and
not your own interests
Do not be like the rest
And now, I hear the soundtrack
Of men who for ideals
illustrated and deluded themselves
Fought and listened to each other
sing in unison,
in a secular post-dictatorship country
The people are the ones
who give the most orders.
Within thee, O nation.
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