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Wednesday 21 August 2024

Aphorism - José Craveirinha

There once was an ant
sharing isolation with me,
we used to eat together.
We were almost the same
with just two differences:
it was not being interrogated
and it was only stepped on by mistake.
They could make us both crawl,
but they could not
take away our dignity.

José Craveirinha (1922 - 2003) Mozambique
Translated by "Cleanthess"
Source: xenForo

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