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x "I am a man: little do I last
and the night is enormous.
But I look up:
the stars write.
Unknowing I understand:
I too am written,
and at this very moment
someone spells me out."
— “Homage to Claudio Ptolemy” by Octavio Paz, translated by E. Weinberger
18th February 2012
Tags: poetry, lit, Octavio Paz, Homage to Claudio Ptolemy, thoughts that breathe,

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