Rev. Pedro Crespo, Grupo Decoro
HAVANA, December – In the beginning was the energy necessary to enjoy
life. But, behold, the Electric Company said, "Let’s repair the light
pole at the corner." And there was darkness.
A morning went by, and an afternoon, at when evening came, a voice from
above said, "Let the chairs fill the sidewalks and let the neighbors fan
themselves."
And they all saw that it was good. And they slept outside. And that was the
first day.
On the next day, it was the house of Héctor, the one with the
generating plant, the place to watch television. The ones that arrived first
received chairs, the ones that followed sat on boxes. And there were cartoons,
adventures, soap operas, and movies. And they all saw that it was good. And that
was the second day.
And Carlos said, "Let’s make a big soup." And the collected
potatoes, and plantains, and tubers. They had breakfast, and lunch and dinner.
And he saw that his idea had been good. And that was the fourth day.
At that time there came Susi, from the next street, in the company of
several neighbors. They wanted to know how live together in our image, in our
likeness. We taught them and blessed them, saying, "Grow and multiply."
And that was the fifth day.
Enthusiasm filled every house, every street, every block. It threatened to
overrun the municipality. Luis peeled potatoes. Amador made coffee. None wanted
to be idle. And that was the sixth day.
When all of a sudden there was light, at the end of the seventh day, we saw
that what we had done was good. And we rested.
This is a brief story about getting along in the neighborhood in the time of
darkness.. Any similarity to real life is sheer coincidence.
Blackouts, sometimes extended, are a common feature of present-day life in
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