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A cold egg rubbed all over my fevered body as spiritual words floated around me
Tortilla dough slapping hands and its sweet burning smell on the comal
Water in the kitchen sink at just the right warmth for my bath
An ankle clicking with every footstep around the house
The curse to my abuelo the day my abuelita died
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The thread sewn into my homemade jacket
Every starchy potato in my meatless soup
Each paycheck earned away from home
Traditions and unconventionalities
Remind me of my mother
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