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La Esperanza y la Alegría

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An unexpected victory

Against numbers

In favor of the Mexican spirit

Now

Today

Of culture

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It’s an excuse

As with many holidays

We could respect

The reason

We could

Respect the people

Ojalá

That is

I hope we do

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Bright colors

Food I enjoy

Most every day

Also

Tragedies at borders

And inside

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Making

A nation of contrasts

If not opposites

And so

Like every other nation

On Earth

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Do you know the flag

It is a vision

When sighted

It becomes

A place of origin

And also means

The struggle

Answered

Yet unfinished

Of

La vida

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