"Christmas, 1970" by Sandra M. Castillo-StudySync Vol 1 Page 461
Read lines 1-14 from "Christmas, 1970," then answer the questions.
We assemble the silver tree,
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our translated lives
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its luminous branches,
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numbered to fit into its body
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place its metallic roots
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to decorate our first Christmas.
Mother finds herself
opening, closing the Red Cross box
she will carry into 1976
like an unwanted door prize,
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a timepiece, a stubborn fact,
an emblem of exile measuring our days,
marked by the moment of our departure,
our lives no longer arranged.