1972_05 The Daily Collegian May 1972

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Twmmdmy. Mmy 23. 1972    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    3
(CoatiBesd from peg* 4)
bows*, which t* also a thing, aad
accumulates within It all Ms feel-
haa to solidary wtth a Mt of I
Ufe to Amsrica more thaa i
'Father' by Pablo Neruda
Wife tar has idesaxcsl sttitads. tsau the city, alwaya has hwxt read
After aU. tor tha Wife oaly the °Pen to leave, half ashamed, half
bedroom Is a symbol: To* waat Masefto. towards a heattle world
to wreck the aeaaar> Co ahead... that it to aeceeeery to coaossr.
Oaly, tf yoa wreck the bedroom, T*** world la the real enemy
you'll  b*  moving  into  the  new Osw  caa  aay  then  that  Taa      .
ap*rtm*nt by yoaraelf.- For ths Wreckers*  is the intuition of a      j
iteebaag each corner, esck board n*01*  "»*M ** committed idea     I
ts, tor he says that he haa car- that has aot "solldlflad.1
rled Ms suffering around "from
room   to   room.* aaa  r8exeats
respe< '  for the bedroom because
she Batata identified wtth it; for
ths sasxe reason be hates the satire hoses, reflection of Ma
world, of Ms life.
Here he la alienated. Here he
ls mistaken. Whsn a* take* ths
erne aad chops and chops like a
Th* following p
b byl>abtoN*nstotof«s*aia ret
Bare wakniias streagth that arise*
from tag depths of Ms being demanding dtgalty. Ms r to I ax ■ ■ to
domestic, particular, sad Ms
Mows destroy not toe worM that
mist res ted Mm bat Just s reflection of It. Perhaps he 1* satisfied, bat he toavee haa real world
aa It la. aad wtth a aew bxbbbb be
wiU oaly begin a aew cycle.
Nevertheless. Ms sttlkeds aad
hla rebellion say *ometxxng If
BMtow intend* to lllastrst* a
mor* gsxxeral f**ltng It 1* this: the
American man la aot aaaaxjr aad
be suits to d*mon*tr»t* tMs
violently. He begins by sat believing tn life Insurance aad ends
tepidly trying to destroy Ms post
ltfa. Air*
H* begins to a     ^^^^^^^^
for  Ms  mtatortaxe. ttaat vasssr
social straetare which ta order
to aahanpliisaa Bara—s li, according to Sartre, the American
elttee begin being a project that
The   Vietnamese   arc   people
A photo taken in 1968 show* a
Vietnamese woenan carrying her
baby outside th* village of Long
Co. 60 mil** north of Hue. Scenes
such aa these er* now *H too
frequent as the tragedy o» conflict
touches the lives of mor* and
more refugee*. Even a mother's
love cannot protect s child from
the savagery of war.
Not know* to At
trsaSBSrlBBB  appeared, Mareas  bee Iseaa a sxajar
Arasrteaa letter* tor toe last forty-five years. He aaa
with many eel
reallatlc. th* political, sad aa ths
intlmst*  He I* th* latest recipient at toe Nobel Prise asr
The rough father return*
from his trsins:
at nioht we could
recognize
the whistle
of th* engine car
piercing the rain
with a roving howl,
a rejcturnal lament,
and then
the door that trembled:
th* wind in a flash
entered with my father
and between footsteps and li
the frightened doors
bangad with dry
firing of pistols.
the glaiila* eeal in Hs ftarnae* lerfecno,
ill of trtons to tha miat
, Tha rMlwaxrksr is a sailer on land
ijnleeshing nature,
performing it* torreetrtol ravtoation.
Whenever th* long trein r**ts
th* friends **ah*r,
the doers of my cn.ldhood east\
and a high pitched voice
scolded, bestiie,
while the stormy
shadow, the rain late a waterfall
streamed down the rooftop
drowning the world
little by little:
and nothing would be heard
but the wind fighting the r*m.
Nevertheless, he was sn early bird.
Captain of Ns trsin and of the cold d
and aa aeon as ths vague sun
rose, there was his beerd
wtth the sounding of a reJIwarhing hand
tha toother*' thick glasses clashing
and ths burning
*y** of lbs win*
sparkl*.
Thsrs he was, my poor strict father
in tha huh of life.
the manly friend****, his glass kjtl.
His life was a short hrtch,
and bstwssn its davbreeks and travel*.
between arriving rust te run off again,
on* day with heavier rain than others
the conductor Jose del Car mey Reyes
climbed aboard the train af death and te this
day has not returned.
Translated by Ernesto Trefo.
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