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By the time I was 1 2...
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I understood the obligation
the Lord spoke of...
:23:08
to share one's blessings
with those less fortunate.
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¡Vayanse ya de aqui!
:23:27
¡Se acabo lo bueno!
:23:29
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One night,
l watched Doña Querida...
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at the window in her slip...
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and noticed,
for the first time...
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how a woman's underclothing
barely touches her skin...
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how it rides on a cushion ofair
as she moves...
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how the silk
floats about her body...
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brushing her flesh
like an angeI'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?
You want to know my nationality?
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Your name is DeMarco.
That's ltalian.
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You were brought up in Mexico,
and when you speak English...
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you speak it
with a Castilian accent.
:24:20
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My accent has been colored
by my many travels.
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Very well.
l will answer your question.
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I was raised in Mexico.
My father was born in Queens.
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His name was Tony DeMarco.
He was ltalian.
:24:35
The Dance King ofAstoria.
:24:37
Excuse me. Your father
was a dance king...
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here in New York City
in Astoria?
:24:44
:24:46
My father had come to Mexico...
:24:48
to work for
a pharmaceutical company.
:24:50
He had just gotten
offthe bus...
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and was walking
to a nearby hacienda...
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to inquire about
renting a room...
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when he first saw my mother.
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Both her parents were killed
by a sickness.