- Vol. 09
- Chapter 09
THE BULL OF WALL STREET
The golden bull roars and its shriek resounds around the world, in the savannas and forests, among the sacred cows of India that roam free through the cities, distributing the gift of their milk But the Wall Street bull is like a minotaur, worshiped by great and small in their greed He is the one who overcame the borders, in different ways revered But there is the wild ox, the ox that just bellows in the meadows of the planet, old friend of children and those who use it in their work, drags the plow with his strength, on whose furrows the food from tables and street markets in small towns Bumba Meu Boi - sings Northeastern folklore In this region of Brazil, in the midst of the caatinga, in times of drought, of great droughts, they lose weight together with skinny children and men with their heads down; of the heroine women who walk many kilometres with the water can on his head Bumbamy ox! The ox died of thirst The wild ox lives in the swamps of the ends of the world and of time For some, strength and sustenance For others wealth Others more the refinement of New York restaurants The ox of Spain in front of the mother-of-pearl bullfighter and the screams crowd: Olé! The human being, in short, as cattle irrational in a world without nations and without borders!