2004-02-20 - 5:09 p.m.
Socialism had meaning to the extent that it purified people, moved them beyond egoism, saved them form competition and greed. He told me that when he was president of the central bank he had signed the bills with the word "Che" to poke fun, and he told me that money, that shit aweful fetish, should be ugly.
Che Guevara gave himself away, like everyone does, through their eyes. I remember that clean, morning-fresh look: the look of people who believe.
from eduardo galeano's days and nights of love and war
in my med school class i know without thinking the folks whose eyes dance and their hopes follow. a hand full. i would name them to my family if they needed a doc. the rest have eyes constricted to any light that doesn't reflect green.
