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CENOTE

BY LINA MARISCAL

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To the bottomless sinkhole I go
to enjoy its cool, fresh water
in a ritual sacrifice, I belong
where my life will not matter


Today they call it Cenote
to the Mayans it was ts’onot
where life offerings to the gods they made
but springs of energy and peace denote


In exchange for victories and power
human sacrifices a cenote saw
among bones and precious stones
I bathe, I swim, I feel the afterlife claw.

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