I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire…

Pablo Neruda
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I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.
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When I sleep every night, what am I called or not called? And when I wake, who am I if I was not I while I slept? ✨ Pablo Neruda (1990). Selected Poems, p.367, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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I want to see the thirst inside the syllables I want to touch the fire in the sound: I want to feel the darkness of the cry. I want words as rough as virgin rocks.” - Verb.

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