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And to bring that full
circle, that particular aunt

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had to go to work as a
cantinera, a bartender,

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because it was the only kind
of work that would pay enough

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that she could support herself
and her two daughters and at

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the same time allow her
to be home during the day

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when her daughters were home
and she could have someone

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to care for them at night.

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"She tends bar while she
waits for a man she hopes

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will make his way north,
slip across the border

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from wherever the
trains derailed him.

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She tends bar while
she waits on a man, who

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slides a tip across the
counter, a man who studies her

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as she wipes beer and
sweat from the counter, who

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spies as she tucks his tip
next to a baby's teething ring.

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She hurries a tray of beer
to a table wreathed in smoke.

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Two men lean back, tracing the
curve of her hips, their eyes

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working the rise of her skirt.

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In the way some men bet the
dogs, others the cockfights,

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others that the moon holds
rain to spoil next week's work,

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the men pomaded with Dixie
Peach bets odds tonight

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he'll cut the front of
the barmaids blouse.

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The woman who tends
bar bites her tongue

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as she walks away, feeling
dangerous toward this man who

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earlier offered to walk her
home, who swore it would be

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a privilege to change
her ceiling bulb

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and unstop her sink besides."

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