revenant

The imagery conjures a supernatural patchwork of revenants and Superman.

This reminded me, in Italian-American culture, of pastina — a grain that has deep, revenant importance throughout both Italy, America and many countries beyond that.

But in spite of the ghouls and revenants and other morbid players from the sidewalk boneyard, Halloween is a holiday for the living.

I’m especially interested in the enigmatic “revenant,” Maram, who becomes a local healer after escaping from slavery.

Tulare Lake is not a phantom, but a revenant: that which returns.