"The 
Little War?
How can there be
Little War?a little war?
Are some deaths
smaller than others,
leaving mothers
who weep
a little less?"
"I see a story in her eyes.
while so many others starve."
"When I asked Rosa why a newspaper
would care so much about our island,
I found her answer troubling.
She said tales of suffering sell newspapers
that make readers feel safe,
because they are so far away
from the horror...."
"We imagined they were here
to help us gain the freedom
we've craved for so long.
...We helped them win
this strange victory
over us."
"Peace is not the paradise
I imagined, but it is a chance
to dream...."
The above excerpts are from a book beautifully written in prose with poignant descriptions of a freed slave woman's medical efforts during the wars for Cuban independence.
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