Mario Benedetti
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Translated by Carlos Reyes
Haiku
I would like
to look at everything from a distance
but with you
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since biblical times
the sky and the nude
have sinned together
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unanimous obscurity
there remains only a lantern
that asks for help
*
after all
death is only a sign
that there was life
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only the bat
understands the world
but in reverse
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in reason
the only doubts that enter
are those with keys
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when I gathered up
my complete insomnias
I fell asleep