"The poor little Mexican
gal in Calexico, writing
on Oct 1 1952 to Manuel
Perez in Watsonville whose
clothing & belongings I found
intact on the Pajaro levee
dump, wants money to
buy a tablecloth—can
you picture an American
woman asking money for
such a humble, useful
purpose—“unos manteles
para la mesa." "Honey,"
she says, "dime porque no
me has escrito”—“tiene
tan...pensamientos para ti."
She loves him—I am
wearing all his clothes not
knowing whether he's alive or
dead-or in the Army?
I found several of her
sad letters on that dump,
in October,—in the dry
dust, just before the rainy
Season,—"
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