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I learned the why of misfortune
In the school of water. 

The sea is a wounded planet
And the breaking is its greatness:
This star fell into our hands
From the tower of salt
Scatters its heritage

Of living shadow and furious light. 

It has not married the earth.

We still do not understand it.


—Pablo Neruda
William O’Daly version

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