Desapariciones

Can someone tell me
if they've seen my husband
asked the lady
his name is Ernesto and he's forty years old
he worked as a laborer
in a car business
he wore a dark shirt
and light pants
he left at night and hasn't returned
and I don't know what to think
because this
had never happened to me before

I've been searching for three days
for my sister
her name is Altagracia
just like grandma
she left work to go to school
wearing jeans
and a white shirt
it wasn't her boyfriend...
the guy is at home
they don't know about her at the police
or at the hospital

Oh oh oh oooh

Can someone tell me
if they've seen my son
he's a medical student
his name is Agustín
and he's a good boy
he's sometimes stubborn when he gives his opinion
he's been detained...
I don't know what force
white pants striped shirt
it happened the day before yesterday

Oh oh oh oooh

Clara Quiñones
is my mother's name
she's a saint
and doesn't mess with anyone
they took her as a witness
for a matter
that's only about me
and I went to turn myself in
today in the afternoon
and now I see they don't know
who took her
from the station!

Oh oh oh oooh

Last night I heard
several explosions
gunshots from shotguns and revolvers
speeding cars, brakes, screams
echoes of boots in the street
doorknocks,
complaints, by gods, broken dishes
they were watching the soap opera
that's why no one looked outside
ostrich

where do the disappeared go
to look in the water and in the bushes
and why do they disappear
why are we not all the same
and when the disappeared returns
every time brought by thought
what's the name of the disappeared
an emotion squeezing inside.