But death also goes through the world dressed as a broom,
she licks the ground looking for corpses,
death is in the broom,
it is death's tongue looking for dead bodies,
it is death's needle looking for thread.
Death is in the folding cots:
in the slow mattresses, in the black blankets
she lives stretched out, and she suddenly blows:
she blows a dark sound that swells the sheets,
and there are bodies sailing to a port
where she is waiting, dressed as an admiral.
Felt - The World is as Soft as Lace
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PEREIRA, Colombia–Hungry, desperate and afraid for his life, Pedro Pablo Montoya shot the commander he was supposed to protect. He then severed the commander's right hand – as proof he'd killed one of Colombia's most wanted men – and deserted the once-powerful rebel group to which he had pledged allegiance.
This month's slaying of Manuel Jesus Munoz, (a.k.a. Ivan Rios), a member of the ruling directorate of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, was a dramatic signal that a rebel group known for its resilience is engulfed in an internal crisis that could lead to its implosion after four decades of armed struggle.
"The civilian population does not want to collaborate. There is a complete rejection. Even civilians are telling guerrillas: `Desert. Don't let yourself get killed.'"The deserters also say increasingly paranoid commanders have started to stage more "war councils," jungle trials in which guerrillas face execution if found guilty of treachery.
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Jive Bombers - Bad Boy
