Read by Raquel Salas Rivera, with coquies
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Raquel Salas Rivera with coqu\\xedes in background:
\\u201cata\\xfad abierto para un obituario puertorrique\\xf1o\\u201d // \\u201copen casket for a puerto rican obituary\\u201d
This poem responds to Pedro Pietri\\u2019s \\u201cPuerto Rican Obituary\\u201d by expanding it to include those Puerto Ricans that still live in Puerto Rico, recontextualizing the imagined return in contemporary Puerto Rico. It is both an homage and answer to Pietri\\u2019s poem. I am constantly searching for ways to capture what it is like to live in Puerto Rico. This poem is the closest I\\u2019ve come to that description.
lo terciario / the tertiary by Raquel Salas Rivera
Music: "Shift of Currents" by Blue Dot Sessions // CC BY-NC 2.0
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