Poem

The poem i did this week was "For A Duro." After reading the poem I infered that a Duro was a type of money, and it's a peso from spain. "Franco", who's face was on the coin, was a leader of the Nationalist group and lead the Civil War in Spain. He said he was put there "by the grace of God." So then throughout the whole poem the author is talking about all the things you could get with a "duro." I did some research on the leader guy but I can't tell if the author likes him or not. The first time I read it I thought he was bing sarcastic with "the hooked nose tipped upward as though he alone recieved the breath of God." It sounds like the leader thinks he is the only one that God blesses, so I thought that the author didn't like him very much. Then I read this article about how the Spanish nation didn't know what to do when he died so I was confused. Then when he is saying all te thing's you can have for a duro it seems like he is switching back and forth between what HE had for a Duro and what Franco had maybe? Like the author could have coffee and a bad roll while the other guy had everything like cars and women. I didn't understand the milky nape part really why is he still waiting? Like he was in the military then came home and didn't have money or anything so he is homeless and waiting for a duro? Then I know in the end he is talking about an animal hospital with all these animals but I'm not exactly sure why. I believe it's because the Hotel he talks about earlier isn't there anymore and now it's the hospital. The "Riotous colors" was the other section that made me feel like it was sarcastic.