Sup Marcos committed revolutuonary suicide,
revolutuonary reincarnation,
a revolutionary act of self-immolation
so that Galeano would rise alive unwounded,
a spirit made flesh with paliacate smiles,
a zapatista Phoenix taking flight
from the ashes of that pipe-smoking masked brother.
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Si Che viviera, también se llamara Galeano..,
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Marcos stepped down
and Galeano stepped up.
Life trumps death.
Communities trump corporations.
Neozapatismo trumps neoliberalism.
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As always with the zapatistas,
the creativity of life
trumps
the dogmas of death.
Life
reaffirms
life
and no one dies….
