Rosa de Hiroshima

Think of the children
Mute, telepathic
Think of the girls
Blind, inexact

Think of the women
Altered routes
Think of the wounds
Like warm roses

But, oh, don't forget
The rose of the rose
The rose of Hiroshima
The hereditary rose
The radioactive rose
Stupid and invalid

The rose with cirrhosis
The atomic anti-rose
Without color, without scent
Without rose, without anything