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   Spectacle
[ After The return of Columbus in Spain (1892) by Ricardo Balaca ]

Held on display
A naked woman kneels
On the ground of a royal court
A trophy from far away
Paraded as a spectacle
By her captors.

A vague object of desire
Strange, unknown
Uprooted from her
Home, her people
Flaunted here as a prize
Under the lurid gaze
Of these strangers.