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  • La Isla de Munecas:  A Day of the Dead Poem

    La Isla de Munecas: A Day of the Dead Poem

    Orphaned from the girl who bought and loved them the dolls were packed tightly into a suitcase and floated gently down the canals of Xochimico to the Isla de Munecas and into the waiting embrace of Don Julian Santana Barrera.   In the unpacking, a girl doll, a life-size two-year-old, with a dress, hand-work all…