University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2014-01-01 Secondhand City: Stolen Stories from La Limonada Byron José Sun University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. SECONDHAND CITY: STOLEN STORIES FROM LA LIMONADA BYRON JOSÉ SUN DEPARTMENT OF CREATIVE WRITING APPROVED: Daniel Chacon, M.F.A. Jeffrey Sirkin, Ph.D. Lucia Dura, Ph.D. Bess Sirmon-Taylor, Ph.D. Interim Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © By: byroN José Sun 2014 DEDICATION For my family, my best friends and La Limonada EPIGRA I’m I’m what they left The leftovers of what they stole A people hidden on the summit With skin of leather that withstands I'm a smoke factory A peasant hand for your consumption A cold front in the middle of summer Love in time of cholera The sun that’s born The day that dies And the best night falls I’m development in raw flesh A political speech without saliva The most beautiful