How do lines 38 46 of the poem relate to the legend and to the death?

The lines are co-related in a manner that just as the weaver girl in the legend meets her lover once a year in the sky would take the hand of the man dead and receive him with compassion.

Explanation:

"The Legend" is a poem written by Garrett Hongo. The poem, The Legend was inspired by a program that he watched. In the program, a man was shot dead on the streets and no paid heed to his cries in the streets. This made Hongo ashamed and he wrote this poem.

The legend in the poem was a weaver girl; the legend of the weaver girl is that weaver girl and her lover meet once a year in the skies.

By adding this allusion in the poem of the legend, the poet co-relates the spirit of the man who died on the streets be received in heaven with compassion. Because the man was showed no compassion on the earth.