No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the att…

Pablo Neruda
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No, my dog used to gaze at me, paying me the attention I need, the attention required to make a vain person like me understand that, being a dog, he was wasting time, but, with those eyes so much purer than mine, he’d keep on gazing at me with a look that reserved for me alone all his sweet and shaggy life, always near me, never troubling me, and asking nothing. ✨ Pablo Neruda, A Dog Has Died
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