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Will you dance-

Will will will you dance

To the bat bat bat of the

Songs of Heaven,

Glorious boy?

You gave me wings

To flap, flap the daylight

Beef up my horn

And play toward the light.

And then you twisted

Twisted toward moonlight –

So calm and collected.

Now you are gone.

And whisper forever

In rhythm and pages

Sweet sweet sweet romance

Of otherworld worlds.

Maestro fantastico.

Gracias, amigo.

Your light will live on.  

In memory of Oscar Hijuelos, Who Won the Pulitzer for Tales of Cuban-American Life,

who died today at 62.