James A. Hawley
Street of the Dead (Micaotli, from the Nahuatl)
 
  
We are of the earth, we are of the dead — 
It all darkens.
 
Flowers are cut. We come covered in dust.
The luxuriance of flowers, thy purity
 
Thy breast — stoney lands — 
Something hidden, something created.
 
Heaven is worthy of being desired
& the Old God is worthy
 
Of being possessed. I run pursuing it.
Feed my sheep for me.




Micaotli (Street of the Dead)
  
 
Titlalloque, ticoquioque — 
Tlayouatimomana.
 
Xochiteco. Titeuhyotiuitzc.
Icelica in xochitl, mochipauaca
 
Melchiquiuhtzin — tetetla — 
Tlainayalli, tlachiualli.
 
In ilhuicatl ca neicoltiloni
Yuan in Huehueteotzin
 
Ca necuiltonoloni. Nictototca.
Xinechintlaqualtili in nochcauan.