Wednesday, November 2, 2016

El Día de los Muertos

tonight
like ghosts
our bones like
feathers
we stand in darkness

the dead run their gnarly fingers
through our darkened hair, for we are living

that is our sin

the knobby joints feel like
hollow wounds robando
sueños de mi cuerpo,
poniendo sombras en mi
cadáver

all they ask
is a few
ofrendas:

a bouquet of
zempasuchitl 

a cup of leche

un chin de café

while in
our bodies
live rosy
breaths.


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