THEY LOCKED YOU AWAY SO YOUR SISTER COULD MARRY TH…

after rain. Puebla smells of damp stone, candle smoke, and bread from ovens closing for the night.

He walks to the old cemetery behind the church of San Francisco.

You hide behind a cypress tree as he stops before a small grave near the back wall.

He removes his hat.

Then he kneels.

You cannot hear what he says at first.

Only when you step closer do the continue reading …