gypsies lived in camps hidden from
the pueblos and Spanish governors.
Mothers were told to keep their children
close because the gypsies could snatch them
and raise them as their own.
Never part of the mainstream
living on the outskirts
entertaining men with belly dances
and fortune telling for women
taking what they could before it was missing
disappeared when church and government
had enough and needed to address
the sinful ways of their communities
blaming the gypsies as children of Satan,
pagans who must be punished,
before more innocent people fell into temptation.
Yet, on a summer evening when the moon was full,
and music and laughter echoed across the Sandias
bands of teens sought adventure
wandering into camps to consume
the intoxicating ethers of sin.
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