La Oroya Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

La Oroya

La is in Spanish, meaning "The"
Oroya, in Quechua language is "Bridge"
(Hanging one)

Now it is small town
In Peru, by "Lima"
A city, said to be
Pizarro's!

He in turn
One of the too many
Brutal, hungry invaders;
They found the treasures
Fought for them and lost head.

Time, we know
Has grown bitches, whores
They rise fast, make whorehouse, ‘Brothels'
Capitals, in them Kings and Queens and their games
….

British and Spain on the fall
In deathbeds, powerless,
Their bastards
One of them USA
Raced, fought
And wrestled,
For throne…

Read the turn of ‘Nineteenth
Century'; start of ‘Twentieth'.

See railroad of the time
In Andes…
Miracle of the curves…
See the Butch Cassidy
Macho Picchu being found by their like…
All hunting treasures
What remained?
"Black-White" some mountains
Thanks to the poisons, the cyanide…