1.
Speechless the time of night
my love who left me
my country that is ailing
at the edge of town
where developers wrecked
our first buildings
I find a wall to paint my thoughts
I AM SICK I write fifty times
till the spray can is empty
the next morning
I return and read
what a vandal wrote
2.
Come inside get in quick
time has a screwy motive
Dalí stops fooling around
the dogs can’t smell shit
it’s hard to know the season
the professor plays chess
he is deep in thought
no one is fooled
it is war
what if I just do that
and make the good guys
the bad guys again
and we all disappear
3.
While the monks sing
he loves you so
and all the comrades
drink to the future
this life of theirs
free of violence
free of gunfire
free of the blood of friends
there is always war
he sits alone at the table
and asks himself
what moves now
what weighs more
the pieces are dormant
love or death
give us a moment
house of paper
house of scissors
house of rock
death can be
the best chance of your life
4.
Follow the best advice
don’t say anything until
she has run out of anger
claymores to another room
It’s always truth to power
youth versus the old ones
pin your hopes on tomorrow
don’t fall in love during a heist
Here is love in a hammer
and there is love everywhere
I said Tokyo is a Maserati
doesn’t mean you’re a used car
5.
Nairobi shot dead
by a psychopath
her casket taken away
by four hostages
the crowd watches
they’re breathless
the tide is calling
La Puta Ama
the game is over
the sand is pulling
and rock is playing
strike the tent
cease fire
it’s time to fuck
they don’t believe
the honest truth
6.
On a motorbike
with a big bag of money
cross the border
into Portugal
one more heist
automatic fall-back
destiny and a donkey
but no Plan B
hitting the wall
at 90 miles an hour
el final del camino
do you care
everything we had
the history of theft
the museums of gold
it happens to us all
7.
Because we didn’t know
our exact place in hell
heaven going fast
a red dress to a party
ammo store beyond reach
my nerves need help
always the music
the player turns
the guards get dizzy
let me tune the piano
a hostile rocket
the femoral artery
give the order now
flexible as a lover
only a thief feels something
not theirs is theirs
(After scenes and characters from the Netflix drama Casa de Papel/Money Heist. Photo: Rob Schackne)
