In the slums there is no holiday
except a Good Friday that lasts all year.
The very life of a slum dweller
is a long night of agony
in a Gethsemane of shanties, a cross
on a shoulder consumed by hunger
which gives the stomach a kind of pain
like that which plagues a crucified man.

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Alexander Martin Remollino, 24, is a writer with IBON Foundation. He is involved in social and political campaigns both in the streets and on the Internet.

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