On the northern coast of South America, facing the Atlantic Ocean, Georgetown is culturally more akin with the Caribbean islands. The city lies five feet below sea level, and is protected from floods by a lengthy sea wall, built in 1882.
You suffer, you endure and again you suffer
horribly,
miserable ape,
Darwin’s lad.
– De César Vallejo, “El Alma que sufrió de ser su cuerpo, traducido por Clayton Eshleman