A qué tenerle miedo
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![Click here to read in englis] What to be afraid of Jacinto would shoo away the flies that hovered around the ripe fruit with a dirty cloth. The heat created a layer of sweat on his face and Jacinto wiped it off with the same cloth he used to chase away the flies. A small, rickety fan was blowing air like a dying man. The heat is terrible and if it continues like this, the fruits will get worse - thought Jacinto looking at the dark shadows on the shells of the cambures and mangoes. Every day, Jacinto's life became more difficult: his wife had left him and at home there was not even a piece of hard bread. And not a single customer,” said Jacinto, looking up at the sky, in case someone up there could hear him. The flies were attracted by the sour and sweet smell of the stale fruit, but Jacinto moved the piece of cloth soiled with sweat and dirt from one side to the other as if he were fanning a fire. He was hungry, but he had faith that a customer would come along and he could sell something. At that moment, the phone rang. Reluctantly, Jacinto picked it up and heard someone say: _We are from the government. We want to know if you will vote in the next elections. - asked an unknown voice. Jacinto, without thinking much, answered: No - from the other side, the voice took on a threatening tone: _Do you know that if you don't vote, you will lose all the benefits you have with the government? Jacinto looked at the black-spotted fruits with that typical sour smell, which comes from fruits that are about to decompose. What benefits? - asked Jacinto with a certain weariness. The other voice did not know what to answer, he only said: _What is your name? Are you calling me and you don't know who I am? But I do know who you are: a tremendous starving man,” answered Jacinto and hung up. The cloud of flies was still in the air, but now Jacinto did nothing to scare them away, he just approached and picked up a loose, almost open, cambur. He finished removing the peel and ate it. Then he took another and another. When he was satiated, he took the ragged cloth and wiped it over his face. The heat was hellish and the old fan was doing very little. Then he heard a clap of thunder, then the fall of rain. Jacinto, rather than rejoicing at the thick drops that would cool the atmosphere, was afraid: _Seguro se va la luz _ said Jacinto and indeed, the lights went out. From the depths of his soul, Jacinto shouted against the government and wished they would call him back.