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So I always write down
a lot of notes of things

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I want to say about my work.

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And when I teach poetry, I
always say, "No disclaimers."

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So I'll only say about
this that it's a new piece

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and this is the first
time I'm going to read it.

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It's called "Codices."

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When pictures are
a thousand words,

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each symbol makes up
a part of the story,

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etched memory and accordion
folded in on itself,

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like our childhood remembrances
that never leave us.

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Not only our own, but
history handed down

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from our parents, their parents,
and our great, and great

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greats--

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shared and remembered,
pleated together,

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depicts a mix of the siete
generaciones y sus sangres.

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All their precious
DNA, una mezcla,

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told in pictures,
ancient their stories.

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A puzzle in glyphs of light,
painted on thin bark of trees,

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are hollowed stories.

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Thank you.