Viva Chile

from Another Lap Around the Sun by Jonathan Ng

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Street dogs wear scarfs, children don't have clothes,
progress sparkles above sagging shacks.
Some see hypocrisy, some don't have eyes.
It's hard to breath below falling skies.

Hey, hey, viva Chile.
Snowcapped shadows stretch toward the moon.
A strip of paradise aching with memories,
between the past and a future
that couldn't come too soon.

The walls speak of revolution.
The suits talk about change.
Everything's primed to erupt,
but somehow things stay the same.

Hey, hey, viva Chile.
Snowcapped shadows stretch toward the moon.
A strip of paradise aching with memories,
between the past and a future
that couldn't come too soon.

It has the best folk singers anywhere.

Make-up runs down their faces,
as they dance in the square.
The youth don't need your condescension
rehearsing better worlds there.

Hey, hey, viva Chile.
Snowcapped shadows stretch toward the moon.
A strip of paradise aching with memories,
between the past and a future
that couldn't come too soon.

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from Another Lap Around the Sun, released September 7, 2022

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Jonathan Ng Portland, Oregon

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