el odio::hatred
El odio
No quise mirar ese sitio,
ahí está el odio.
Tiene los ojos curtidos
de mal fuego.
Lo esquivo.
No quiero saber siquiera
como hace sus incendios.
No quiero ver su factoría.
Le rehúyo abiertamente.
Y yo no soy su blanco.
(Barinas, Venezuela, 1901-1965)
Hatred
I didn't want to look at that place;
hatred is there.
Its eyes are hardened
by evil fire.
I avoid it.
I don't even want to know
how it makes its fires.
I don't want to see its factory.
I reject it outright.
And I'm not its target.
Enriqueta Arvelo Larriva
(Barinas, Venezuela, 1901-1965)
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