cuba libre.

scene: 1950s, havana grammar school
characters: teacher & cuban children
narrator: senora havell, one of the few teacher who affected me

teacher: if you are hungry, close your eyes & pray to god for apples
children: please god, bring us apples
no apples
teacher: if you are hungry, close your eyes & pray to castro for apples
children: please castro, bring us apples
an apple is placed next to each pair of praying hand

TRUE STORY.

nonetheless, there is a twisted sort of beauty in sordid politics. the picture, below, is beautiful. the flag, the balconies, the stream of light, the horizon. i've heard that havana is beautifully dated. one tourist writer says, "what i loved most about cuba was the feeling that you were living in a museum stuck in the 1950s." my eyes are set on cuba. that's where i want to go.