Look How They Smile
Look how they smile
The presidents
When they make promises
To the innocent
Look how they offer
To the union
This world and the other
The candidates
Look how they double down
On oaths
But after the vote
Double torment
Look at the swarm
Of vigilantes
To shower the student
With flowers
Look how the police shine
To offer prizes
To the workers
Look how they dress up
Corporal and sergeant
To dye the pavements
Red
Look how they desecrate
The sacristies
With skins and hats
Of hypocrisy
Look how they whiten
The month of Mary
And darken the poor
The daylight
Look how they show him
A shotgun
To take from the poor
His bread roll
Look how the officials powder
To count the leaves
Of the calendar
Look how the secretaries manage
The friendly pages
Of each newspaper
Look how they smile
Angelical
Look how they forget
That they are mortal