When dusk comes, he stares at the hills, as if he can see something that I can’t. Eulogio, he never knew how to be awake. He was always one of those boys who was neither handsome nor very fluent with words, he was good for errands.
It’s just that his mother asked us to do it. And his father, well, like almost all parents, they tell you that their children are good, that they are not going to cause any problems as long as they are given work.
I think we all have a Eulogio (or several) in the family. He is the country’s cousin.
But I also think that we all know that Eulogio would be incapable of lifting a stone and moving it if his uncle did not enable him. We also know that the boss is the cousin, because his daddy is the Boss. Eulogio does not sing in La Poma, because in his case, although he came from a town, he sings in Salta and even in Buenos Aires.
I also think that we all know that his suitability depends on his silence, family silence, and even sepulchral silence. And now she’s not going to sing.
Eulogio is going to do what the bosses order. Eulogio does not ask, he says “whatever your boss orders.” Eulogio, does not give an opinion, abides. Eulogio, does not concede, he obeys. It’s good for errands.
Eulogio is restrained. Eulogio is special. He has no initiative, at least not his own, he has not developed autonomy. For what he does, he just follows orders. And the orders are given by the uncle, godfather and boss. The thing is that the farms, we already know, have to be maintained and it is not easy, we need submissive people, the peonage has to lower its head, and if any mistake happens, assume the costs, because the boss, alas! The boss is never wrong, and neither is the apple of his eye, the cousin.
Of course, it hurts Eulogio that they deny him, that they now say that he is a distant relative, after everything he did. But he knows that this is how things are, Eulogio, as his mother and father say, is not going to cause problems, because he is incapable of moving a stone in the entire farm without being told to, he is cool and even handsome enough to get up early, The thing is that people often believe that for choreo you can be lazy, and no, they are wrong, for diligence and that which gives returns you have to be constant, and believe me, even very lucid, why steal by pretending to be an honest man? It’s serious stuff, don’t think it’s for just anyone. And Eulogio, Eulogio is as his last name indicates, it is good herb: he is a Cilantro, although they say that cilantro is now a distant relative of parsley.
Esmeralda Soledad Siuffi
