 This dark force is nonetheless a life force, which, in the poem 'Flores Woman,' concludes 'Like a dark star.I want to last' If "Duende" were wine, it would certainly be red; if edible, it would be meat cooked rare, coffee taken black, stinky cheese, bittersweet chocolate.Tracy K. Smith's music is wholly her own, and "Duende" is a dolorous, beautiful book."