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If you open your eyes,
night opens doors of musk,
the secret kingdom of the water opens
flowing from the center of the night.
And if you close your eyes,
a river fills you from within,
flows forward, darkens you:
night brings its wetness to
beaches in your soul.—Octavio Paz
Early Poems 1935-1955
Muriel Rukeyser translation
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