Throne of weapons
After the sculpture of the same title,
by Cristóvão Canhavato (1966-)
The weapons here disarmed are exhausted,
like the sky of Mozambique.
Like a king in ruins,
they sit mutated into their very own throne.
They are weapons from overseas, fused together: AK-47, G3, AKM, PPS.
The weapons here mounted are quiet,
like the sky of Mozambique.
Yet in the intense silence of their metallic bones
one can still hear the marking of time
inside the flesh’s fear.
In fusion, weapons, from overseas: AK-47, G3, AKM, PPS.
The weapons here on display are dead,
like the many men they slaughtered,
under the sky of Mozambique.