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Judy Dykstra-Brown's avatar

We seem to be on the same track: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2022/04/14/the-changeling/

This is a poem I wrote over a year ago....

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Wow, I loved it! Even for sad stories, I feel like adding some magical elements/explanations Can take out the sting. Great poem!

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Richard A. Diehl's avatar

You must have been living in the Tuxtlas.

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Hehe no, Veracruz!

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Noreen's avatar

I enjoyed this one very much!

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Richard L Anderson's avatar

BTW, I love the story!

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Richard L Anderson's avatar

I live near Santiago de Querétaro, and Mexicans here speak of "duendes." Do you think duendes are regional variants of chaneques?

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Richard A. Diehl's avatar

Yes, just a regional variant.

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Sarah DeVries's avatar

Oh, yes! I lived in Querétaro too by the way, 2005-2011!

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Richard L Anderson's avatar

We must have just missed each other. I moved to Querétaro in 2009.

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Richard L Anderson's avatar

Our stays must have just overlapped: I think I moved to Querétaro in 2009. We were different people then, right?

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