Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I fa…

Pablo Neruda
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Maybe someone will know I didn't weave crowns to draw blood; that I faught against mockery; that I did fill the high tide of my soul with truth. I repaid vileness with doves.
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