Mario Benedetti

- 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

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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