1. 1972: Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín by Jamie Jauncey

    You and the general
    Shared a birthright
    That awkward bastard
    Mouthful of splinters
    Your native tongue
    But when he placed
    His boot upon it
    He forgot that hobnails
    In the prison diet
    Hone resistance
    Whet contempt
    While truth
    Like blood or spittle
    Finds its way
    When even tongues are tied



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