NIghttime Daydreams Show Eight

1. Translations of poems by Roque Dalton, the great Salvadoran guerrilla poet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_Dalton

2. "Visitations" and "Green Jaguar": from my memoir project, two stories about 1994 ayahuasca ceremonies interlaced with mediations on violence and the possible existence of supernatural entities.

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