into the earth and knew nothing,
because there everything was dark,
it didn't know it had ceased being a foot,
if they had buried it so that it could fly
or so that it could
become an apple.
(Pablo Neruda, To the Foot from Its Child)
Thursday, 16 February 2012
The child's foot doesn't know yet that it's a foot, and wants to be a butterfly or an apple...
...And then it went down
into the earth and knew nothing,
because there everything was dark,
it didn't know it had ceased being a foot,
if they had buried it so that it could fly
or so that it could
become an apple.
(Pablo Neruda, To the Foot from Its Child)
into the earth and knew nothing,
because there everything was dark,
it didn't know it had ceased being a foot,
if they had buried it so that it could fly
or so that it could
become an apple.
(Pablo Neruda, To the Foot from Its Child)
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