Wild Fruits from God
They are foreign – nobody knows where they originate from
Nicaraguan Pitaya peaks in spring
Spring of 1524, Francisco Cordoba colonized Nicaragua after 20 years
of being left alone; the land was too wild and the fruits were deeply rooted in tradition
Cordoba had domestication and cross-breeding on his mind
Fierce animal deities are now fragments of an old frontier, and pitaya juice isn’t pure anymore.
They are depleting – starving for natural resources
Sapodilla peaks in Spring, granted it has plenty of sunshine
By sundown of April 18, 2018 more than 200 indigenous children were shot
for protesting; losing homes to modern industrialization
Now the barren cities of Masaya, Chinandega, and Bilwi remain
unfertile and seedless for tomorrow’s generation.
The number of the native fruits in Nicaragua are disappearing:
Rama, Miskitu, Mayagna
Once lively and wild, pulsating with life; how strange now they swing, calmly,
in the wind carrying the scent of rotten flesh
Locals say underneath the nectar drenched tree lays el indio viejo
Crying and singing how the precious fruits of God
were ripened – and plucked
before their time
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