“The Special Period in the Time of Peace” was the government’s euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation. It began in the 60s, with engineers leaving Cuba for the Unites States.
He found that the general population had created homespun, Frankenstein-like machines for their survival,
made from day to day objects.
made from an old jar
out of a coffee machine
out of old pipes
out of a slipper
out of a dingy engine
out of a pencil
out of random stuff