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For All Souls
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Soon
And very soon
It will be time for
Remembering
The dead
Los Díos de los Muertos when
Graveyards light with
Stunning light in
Some places,
Other places
Less so
For remembrance
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There will be candy
Other foods
Meals shared beside
The stones
It is Latino
Latin-x
Other groups have other ways
Of memory
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For some, this becomes
A party
Like a wake
For others, city-wide
Express or digress
There will be something
It is for
Everyone
Para todos
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To Latin-x
The community
In thanks
The ones who inspire
A lighted way
For shadows,
A way to catch our tears
But for love
In remembering
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C L Couch
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Sugar skulls before decoration.
[image b]y Jonathunder – Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63912646
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(sorry, I add a hyphen to Latin as a help in my pronouncing)
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October 28, 2021 at 6:12 pm
Because it is NOT about the candy. Thank you!
October 29, 2021 at 1:12 am
Goodness, no! It is about family and tradition and those no longer visibly with us.