Knock, Knock……. by Javier Palenque

Knock, Knock!

-Who is there?

-It is me America, can you help me? I am hurting…

-Of course, come in, please sit down, we will take care of you. Immediately everyone in my family aids her, we help her rest, bring her food, and cure her scars. My kids and I take her to sleep the night in our guest house and wait till the morning comes to feed her and care for her again.

-Good Morning Javier, thank you for helping me she tells me.

-It is my honor and my family’s obligation to help, you have only been good to us. You can stay here as long as you wish; “mi casa es tu casa.”….

When COVID came here, it revealed what we all intrinsically knew but somehow put it in the back of our heads. It found a country with serious underlying conditions, and it showed them publicly where they can no longer be hidden. It also revealed how bad our politicians are, how corrupt they become, and how this economy is no longer what is best for the future. It needs a serious revisit. Add to that the distracted public and we have come to accept that living with these uncomfortable symptoms is just normal. It is not, we choose to make it normal.

It took a global pandemic, tied with the economic consequences of a shut down of the economy and the lynching of a black…