When in the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela I will be invited
to hug, for good luck, the marble torso of the Saint,
I won't. Not for moral reasons.
to hug, for good luck, the marble torso of the Saint,
I won't. Not for moral reasons.
Embracing someone from behind like that
reminds me too much of how, in the Apartheid army,
we were taught to approach the enemy,
reminds me too much of how, in the Apartheid army,
we were taught to approach the enemy,
to slit the throat.
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