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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Offspring of the Distant Word: II - Susy Delgado

In an awakening
everyone
must go away;
love
speaks girlishly and foolishly -
wanting to inscribe itself
offspring of the spoken word
the chattering chatterer
who speaks by speaking
so much - uselessly. 

Susy Delgado (born 1949) Paraguay
Translated by Susan Smith Nash
Source: Offspring of the Distant Word

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