El mal concreto

Amalia Moreno Restrepo

POESIA DE PROTESTA is an exhibition featuring 10 Spanish poems written by Hispanic women. The texts all express a form of protest – political, economic, sexual, or social. Each poem has been interpreted by a visual artist, with curation by Cuban historian and art professor Gladys Garrote.

POESÍA DE PROTESTA es una exposición que presenta 10 poemas en español escritos por mujeres hispanas. Todos los textos expresan una forma de protesta, ya sea política, económica, sexual o social. Cada poema ha sido interpretado por un artista visual, con la curaduría de la historiadora del arte cubana Gladys Garrote.

Written by Amalia Moreno
Visually interpreted by Genki Nishida

The concrete evil 

Evil begins
with the concrete evil
with the bad start
with the bad materials
with the bad cement
with the badly traced line
with the bad walls
corroded by corruption
the roof is badly raised
the children are badly raised
they sleep badly, eat badly
they set the table badly
bad milk, a bad stomach
bad development, bad parents
bad trust, civil evil
bad person, bad judgment
bad judge, bad criminal, bad honorable
bad(ly) disguised, bad(ly) unmasked
bad cop, bad worker
bad electrician, bad transformer
bad system, bad light
evil eye, intentional evil
the evil inside
the evil of the soul
the evil of instinct
bad friend
bad with the dog
bad with life
the bad start
the concrete evil.