Día de los Muertos: Chapter 2

Two Tijuana, Mexico / November 1—5:20 P.M. The lights strung in the trees made the plaza seem lush and Mediterranean and special that night. In the daylight it was strictly a border town plaza—very ugly and too big, full of bums and cripples. The plaza was the old...

Día de los Muertos: Chapter 1

And whoever walks a mile full of false sympathy walks to the funeral of the human race. – D.H. Lawrence Volver Volver (Mexican folk song) Éste amor apasionado anda todo alborotado por volver Voy camino a la locura y aunque todo me tortura sé querer Nos dejamos...