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I spent a period of my youth in the house of some aunts Because of the death of a gentleman who had been an intimate friend of theirs And whose ghost annoyed them mercilessly Making their life impossible. At first I was deaf to their telegrams To their letters written in the language of another time Full of mythological allusions And the proper names of people I knew nothing about Some of them belonged to ancient wise men To second rate medieval philosophers Or simply to people in the neighborhood where they lived. Leaving the university just like that Breaking with the charms of the gallant life Interrupting everything Just to satisfy the whims of three old women Full of all kinds of personal problems Seemed, to a person like me, to be A not very attractive future A mad idea. ... Nicanor Parra
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 01:07:20 +0000

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