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San Juan

I walk in a crowded street 

Where the spirit of the Spanish

Hides itself in the pastel walls

Of its colonial facade

 

I long for the shore

To smell the slave tear sea

Where palm trees bow

To the imperial Sun

 

And the wind whispers

Of men who sailed at night 

While other men faded away

Underneath the shadows 

Of the new white dream

 

I long for the shore 

Of the Greater Antillean Sea 

Where soursop nectar

Sustains the soil beneath my feet

 

And when I go to sail 

I’ll be greeted by the warmth

Of its colorful bustling streets