ABSTRACT
ItwasPuertoRicowakingupinsideher.PuertoRicowakingherupat6a.m., rememberingtheroosterthatusedtocrowoveron59thStreet,andtheneighborsall cursed"thatdamnrooster,"butshelovedhim,waitedtohearhisharshvoicecarvinguptheOaklandskyandeatingitlikechoppedcorn,soobliviouslysureofhimself,crowingallalonewithmilesofhousesaroundhim.Shewaslikethatrooster.
