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The stone mined from Valle de México once took the shape of the Tenochtitlan. From 1573 to 1813, the structure was reshaped brick by brick by the Spanish colonizers into the Catedral Metropolitana de la Asunción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María a los cielos.
When standing under the Pirámide del Sol near Valle de México, I was told the climbing of pyramids has been banned since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. When people fall from the top of the pyramid, the contemporary sacrifice is re-ritualized, less blood trembling down the stairs as more bruises form inside the body when rolled in a much looser manner.
Bruises might form when the capillary close to skin is hit then breaks, the color of the bruise changes from red to purple to green and finally yellow. Yesterday while dreaming, I saw a father holding his newborn baby killed in Gaza, among the pale gray of death, there were yellow shades of the bruises. Bodies that have been covered in violence are usually buried with bruises unabsorbed.
There is no treatment for bruises. Bodies might absorb the blood.