My Thoughts on What’s Happening in Peru

As written from a ship off the South Coast.

Close up of a totora reed fishing raft in Pimentel, Peru. Photo: Nicholas Gill.

Look at me from the depths of the earth, you,
the farm worker, the weaver, the quiet shepherd,
the tamer of guardian guanacos,
the mason on his defied scaffolding,
the water carrier bearing Andean tears,
the jeweler with crushed fingers,
the farmer trembling among his seeds,
you, th…