Moriviví To have Died Yet Lived by Kamilah Mercedes Valentín Díaz apparel • 100% combed ringspun cotton

• 100% combed ringspun cotton

sin embargo

Virginia focused on her writing on poetry to document stories about the undocumented community in Los Angeles

at one point or another

Moriviví To have Died Yet Lived by Kamilah Mercedes Valentín Díaz apparel • 100% combed ringspun cottonA moriviv is an actual thing, not a made up word. A moriviv is a plant which I became familiar with because it grows on mi islita del encanto. When touched it closes its leaves. Retracting into itself for protection. It also reacts in the same way at dusk. Like many Boricuas, growing up I would play with the moriviv, testing its instincts. I wonder if it ever got tired. I hope someone lets it rest. Much like the moriviv, I found myself closing up,