Edit 5: Homecoming

[Knot]

Hi Alex,
an interesting subject.
My suggestion for a title would be 'homecoming',
or something equally simple.

I think this rather falls between two stools.
One the one hand are all the food references that
never really become the feast I was expecting.
On the other, the sense of time passing while away
doesn't seem to amount to very much. There's little
in the way of loss/regret, or the 'alienation' that
you noted in reply to Richard.

Couple of thoughts.
  Remove the 'mango' stanza entirely
- save it for another piece.
It's a bit overwritten,
Mangoes, straining on their stems
ripe as the day (would seem to be all you need)
and has nothing to do with the subject (as far as I can tell)
Would suggest revisiting the line in earlier versions
The boy has returned and country hills
but rework as
Their boy has returned...
  Nobody hews cane, they 'cut' it.
(would also suggest - tastes sweeter than memory)
Consider why you mention 'cattle' on the hills,
when there's a pig for the feast.
  'seafood' is implied by 'caught that morning'.
(they celebrate with that morning's catch)
  What makes the 'ojaldas' so special?

Best, Knot