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Ancestral Rites MAG
Centuries of rice grains
packed together
in a rice bowl.
Each molded
in the presence
of unending
love and attention.
Paddy fields kept lush
with both tears and blood
in times of drought.
Open palms caress
the rice bowl as it is passed
from a mother to her son.
He feels the warmth rise
through his veins, up his arms,
tunneling through his chest.
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