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The Empire State Building Is on 63rd Street Ramon wanted to bet Manolo Manolo said impossible The Empire State Building Is on 72nd Street They made a ten dollar bet And borrowed Cheo's car And headed towards Brooklin When they came back Late that night All that Manolo wanted to know Was If Gloria cooked
Credit
From Tropicalization: Poems by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Copyright © 1976 by Victor Hernandez Cruz. Used by permission of the author. All rights reserved.
Author
Victor Hernández Cruz
Victor Hernández Cruz was born in 1949 in Puerto Rico. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Beneath the Spanish (Coffee House Press, 2017).
Date Published
01/01/1976