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Marlowe It's the person they saw buried by the white men when they were children. While not spelled out, I'd say it's reasonable to infer that the body is the father of the boy Frank learns about just before. The two had been forced to fight to the death, and the father commanded his son to kill him and, so, be spared.

It ties the story together, reinforcing the theme of healing through community. The man had been killed by white racists, then buried like trash. Now, Frank and Cee will give him a proper burial, wrapped in Cee's healing quilt.

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Josephine Briggs It was such an ugly quilt. The man was buried by the forks of the tree, where the tree had split. Frank and Cee liked the tree, bound the quilt around the tree to repair it. The quilt was ugly, but so colorful. Heal the tree and so much else.

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