ANTHEM FOR THE NEW YEAR

we are everything they do not want

the wrong color, the awkward slang and the bad manners

all together to dislike the sensitive

they dream of kill us and rip up our silent banners

because the porcelain of good taste

is too fragile for the fist of the dirty-faced

if they pray it must be for God to eliminate us

weeds can not spread in this virtuous land

and simply smother the good grass

we have the weapon of equality in each hand

pointed at the brow of these unblemished soldiers

for this we do not need mercy papers in cardboard folders

this is the anthem of those who fight for their own blood

and do not want to see their shattered bodies being carried away by the flood

this is the anthem of those who know how hard it is to be born

and keep alive even when they preach on the altars violence and scorn

we are the force that washes cars, cuts hair and builds walls

but the cake is not ours because we are not eggs of the same tray

we should remain cockroaches in our basements and cracks

waiting for the crumbs only after the first rays of the day

has been so since the time of the Jews on the banks of the nile

but we can not let it all turn sore relics into a file

if they pray it must be for God to pretend that he do not see

that of so many children, some chose their own way

because it was once said that God is free will and not jail

and that the world is an open park for everyone to play

no matter if it´s summer or fall

no matter if they bring cars or dolls