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The lessons i learned in church
were not without value.
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By the time i was 12,
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I understood the obligation
the Lord spoke of
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to share one's blessings
with those less fortunate.
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One night...
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I watched Doña Querida
at the window in her slip.
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I noticed how
a woman's underclothing
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barely touches her skin...
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how it rides
on a cushion of air...
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how the silk floats about
her body, brushing her flesh...
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like an angel's wings...
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and i understood how a woman
must be touched.
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Are you ltalian,
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Mexican or Spanish?
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That is all you have to say?
What is my nationality?
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No. Your name is DeMarco,
that's italian.
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You were brought up in Mexico
and you speak English,
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with a Castilian accent.
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My accent has been colored
by my many travels.
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Very well, i will answer.
I was raised in Mexico.
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My father was born in Queens.
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Tony DeMarco. He was ltalian.
The Dance King of Astoria.
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Excuse me.
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Your father was a dance king...
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here in New York City,
in Astoria?
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My father came to Mexico to work
for a pharmaceutical company.
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He had just gotten off the bus
and was walking...
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to a nearby hacienda
to rent a room,
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when he first saw my mother.
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Both her parents died
from an illness.