BIG FALLA

*Falles is the name of this Valencian festival.

In addition, it is the name of the associations that join the festival and of the monuments that they present each year and will be burned on March 19.

Faller/Fallera is the person who belongs to a Falla.

Casal is the place/house where the Falla (association) enjoys the party.

Faller artist is the person who creates the monuments of the Falles.

Central figure. Geisha and warriors.

Power always looks at us
like a geisha who charges,
well seated and calm,
and all joy is little.

We are directed instruments
like warriors without an opinion,
because there is always a finger
that points and says no.

Good orientation
always begins in the head,
recognizing mistakes
with a little bit of common sense.

Japan can be like Oliva
with defects and virtues,
because being born is never a choice
and we have to live together.

Stone Bridge Base and Dragon

Let's cross bridges and we can
with inconveniences and dragons,
be more just and brave
if it can be without doing harm.

We can overcome and achieve
a united and stronger world,
without more dragons or dangers
where everyone has a place.

Sacred Gate and Four Ninjas

Housing is not a luxury,
simply a need
so that people can
have a roof over their heads.

We have a youth
with a mortgaged future

and if we don't fight together
nothing can improve.

No one deserves to live
in four square meters,
there's no point in crying or laughing
with this society.

We can't even afford
a Torii gate
to cross from the profane to the sacred world
without a reason.

Putin

We have the kings of the world,
even though we didn't vote for them,
Putin invading everything
and his cousin, Trump.

They both enter as if it was normal
in very distant countries
and the world won't end well
if we are in their hands.

Governors who misgovern
while the people suffer,
but it's time for them to understand
that the united people are always more.

Greenland or whatever,
they always want more and more,
because there is no one to tell them:
leave us alone, children.

Angels and dog

Angels no longer take care of us
from a distant sky,
we have them here
with a control that is not healthy.

From China or Japan
they can know if we eat
paella and it is not good
that so many people are watching us.

It seems that we are even being watched
with our mobile phones,
we no longer know where to look
and we experience anxiety and fear.

Cookies and algorithms
provide information,
both about our lives,
tastes and hobbies.

Author: José V. Sala

Translation to English: Gemma Fullana