Someone has disappeared. But someone has shattered too. Thepresident is in the hospital. His hands and throat spout saws. Butthe house of representatives must be rebuilt. Like building a sunfrom banana leaves. Someone has disappeared. The earth pukesup their body. Soldiers’ boots spill from their mouth. Someone hasdisappeared. A corpse stink permeates the parliament building, thekitchen too. The president must be rebuilt. The cabinet must berebuilt. But someone has disappeared. A politics made of saws coverstheir eyes. The earth pukes. No longer can it yield plants. Someonehas shattered. The plants puke. No longer can they bear fruit. Theforest burns itself down. Buildings burn themselves down. Someoneburns, is burnt down. Someone is raped. The country is raped.Someone has disappeared, I kidnap myself. Parliament must bebuilt. A student relinquishes their body before the dictator button.Someone has disappeared! Burnt corpse. A faith that stores corpses.Some language threatens your throat. A shattered faith. Childrencan’t drink milk, can’t go to school. Books too pricey. Paddy fields nolonger bear fruit. Some volcano erupts. The people must be built.Demos must be built. Some torture site. Bones dug from your throat.The doors of parliament sawed open. Some sun, softly, built frombanana leaves. Come here. Listen. This country is for you. Don’t lookat me like that. I’m a corpse. A corpse of politics. I was kidnapped.Tortured. Don’t bury me like that, like burying this country. Don’t.Come here. Listen. This is my hand. Still warm. Like a bandage ofpolitics to cover your eyes. Come here. Come. Still have anotherhundred years in this place, here, on this land.