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San Cristóbal de las Casas

by Ivy Louise
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the sun sets at seven here
light catches every flaw
of the European architecture
looming in marble swirls above
a woven-cloth woman, baby tied to her back

she carries the revolution
and opens the cooler door in the tienda
to buy Coca-Cola and respite
as the sun sighs glimpses
of gold and god
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