{"id":1675,"date":"2020-06-08T08:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2020-06-08T08:12:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T15:12:11","slug":"my-oaxaca-in-the-chambers-of-the-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"My Oaxaca &#8212; In the Chambers of the Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1677\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-1024x682.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.timporter.com\/seconddraft\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Zaachila_021613_052-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">People were coming and going, so I waited in the corner, out of the way. A single bulb lit the room and only those who looked into the darkness could see me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The visitors came<\/strong> to pay homage to the man who had positioned himself, with precision derived from practice, beneath the light, in order to witness his metamorphosis from simple florist to resplendent queen, chosen to reign over the <em>carnaval. <\/em>In that regal role, wrapped in taffeta and topped by a tiara, her true self shone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>As the hour grew late<\/strong>, the queen\u2019s patience waned. Her throne awaited and there was work yet to be done. She shooed away the callers and sequestered herself in the care of an attendant. The door shut, the heat in the room rose, and I stayed in the darkness of her chrysalis, chosen, by the queen\u2019s silent acquiescence, to be her royal cameraman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People were coming and going, so I waited in the corner, out of the way. A single bulb lit the room and only those who looked into the darkness could see me. 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