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There's a weird
thing in the world.

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It's a list, actually.

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It's the list of
the hundred most

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famous people from Puerto Rico.

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So I was born in Puerto Rico.

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And when I came
across this list,

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I thought maybe I
might know somebody.

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So I read it.

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And imagine my surprise that
the 51st most famous person

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from Puerto Rico is me.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Yeah, that was my reaction.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Anyway, I appreciate
the honor, certainly.

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And this poem is about
discovering that list.

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"Upon Learning That I Am
the 51st Most-Famous Person

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from Puerto Rico."

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"On a dripping, storm-lit
island afternoon in 1970,

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there were no survivors."

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