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Laughter was the shape the darkness took around the first appearance of the light.


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On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree



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I say to my breath once again, little breath come from in front of me, go away behind me, row me quietly now, as far as you can, for I am an abyss that I am trying to cross.



Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.

Poetry is a way of looking at the world for the first time.



The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.

The story of each stone leads back to a mountain.



Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.





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