They placed him on a bier and tended his bruises and the flow of blood from his elbow. Bandaged and victorious, he was carried into the Temple of the Jaguars from where, elevated high above the level of the Ball Court, he was invited to watch the start of the new game, below.
He wondered if this was just for him; wondered if his presence in this harvest of spirituality was an extension of the grace as witness… or whether the difference in time and place didn’t matter, that condition and readiness were everything, and, once fulfilled, the dawning horizon’s fingers of purpose would weave their anciently-spun magic, no matter what the era in which they were invoked.
They gave him water for his parched body, then a sweet liquid that contained a contrasting brew of bitter herbs.
In trust he drained the cup…
When he woke, it was…
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Sun in Gemini 
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