What do people do when they put tangerine peels on the calorama
Or those who leave small glasses of water in the corners of their house
Those who clean with coarse salt
with white vinegar
with love and intention
with a high quartet of the colt Rodrigo we miss you
What do people do when they arrive at a home and immediately plant a rue outside
-What do they do, what do they think-
Those who go to Palm Sunday Mass and hang their blessed one inside
Those who have a string of garlic outside
Those who hung a mandala, the eye or the hand of God (wink, wink)
Those who have the saints affirmed, in small sculptures or on a holy card inside their wallet
(And you, what holy card do you have
in there? What other treasure do you keep?)
What do those who cross themselves do
those who give thanks
those who say God willing
those who honk when they cross the gauchito
What What do those who were vaccinated do, those who weren't, those who don't go around preaching for yes or no,
those who live
The one who bought seven canes with rue for the first day of August
and goes to distribute them
generously
The one who makes a pilgrimage for Saint Cayetano for bread and work
for all
(For all, everything, please, Most Holy Cayetano)
The one who plays the lottery with conviction
the number of years his child is
or the age his mother is
still
The one who decides to be a father or a mother or who chooses not to be
and they respect each other
The one who wakes up one day and says "this is as far as we go"
and organizes something
on the road or starts a revolt
of a few
What does the one who gets up every day and greets heaven
The one who before going to sleep says "See you tomorrow"
What does that one do
What mysterious thing is he doing
but have faith
a very convinced faith
that something is going to happen Consoling yourself
that one thing still watches over us
that there are small meanings and clues available for the exercise of belief.