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“You tell me you are a poet. If so, our destination is the same. I find myself now the boatman, driving a taxi at the end of the world. I will see that you arrive safely, my friend, I will get you there.” PoetryPoemTravelSafetyImmigrantsPoetsRefugees Author:Carolyn Forché
“...it was becoming obvious that the war he had been anticipating, "in three to five years" might have already begun, as many wars do begin, he said, not with a major event reported in the news but with sufferings barely noticed: an unjust law, a murder, a peaceful protest march attacked by police. It begins, according to Leonel, with poverty endured by many and corruption benefiting the few, with crimes unpunished, a hardening of positions, the failure of peaceful means of appeal and redress.” WarPoliticsInjusticeEl Salvador Book:What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance Source: What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance