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Other one is in the voice
of one of those people

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crossing the desert--

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attempting to cross the desert.

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Or much of it is, not all of it.

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Part of it's narration.

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It's called "Mother of God."

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"That night, he lay
down in an arroyo,

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although he knew it was better
to walk at night and rest

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during the day.

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He lay down because he had to.

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It was cooler and the sky
was filled with cold stars.

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For two days and a night,
he had seen only ocotillo,

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dried sticks with claws,
and clumps of gray chollas,

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attaching themselves to his
legs like huge gray spiders.

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There was no water anywhere.

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That night, he lay down
and knew he was dying.

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He wanted to cry,
but he had no tears.

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He tried to sing, but his
mouth would make no sound.

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So he prayed, inside his
head, looking straight

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up at the stars that
seemed to be holes

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in the dark robe of
the mother of God,

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through which light
from her body flowed.

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'Little mother,' he prayed, 'let
this night last for me forever.

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And let the sun not
return to torment me.

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I am a sinner, but I
have loved you always.

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And I have suffered
enough in search of food

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for my children.'

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Later, some told
how he had tried

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to dig with his hands for water
in the sand of the arroyo.

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But those who knew him
said it was not true.

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He had been digging a grave."

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