Embargo and Embers (A Dramatic Conversation Between a U.S. Child and a Cuban Child)
U.S. Child:Hello? Hola?Is this Cuba? I’m calling from the Land of the Free.Can you hear me? Cuban Child:Sí, I hear you. From the Land of the Blockade,Where the sky is still blue, but our roads—they crackAnd some medicines—we lack.What do you need? U.S. Child:Oh, nothing much. Just curious—We heard you’re surviving…(Shuffles feet awkwardly)Despite, you know, what my country’s been…
