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Poem

Gustavo Adolfo Garcés

Fortress

To stop you from passing
I would have to raise
the drawbridge

if of course
the excavation was deep
and surrounded the fortress

but what to do without a moat
without a bridge
without a castle

Fortaleza

Fortaleza

Para impedirte el paso
tendría que levantar
el puente levadizo

siempre
que la excavación fuera profunda
y circundara la fortaleza

pero qué hacer sin foso
sin puente
sin castillo
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Fortress

To stop you from passing
I would have to raise
the drawbridge

if of course
the excavation was deep
and surrounded the fortress

but what to do without a moat
without a bridge
without a castle

Fortress

To stop you from passing
I would have to raise
the drawbridge

if of course
the excavation was deep
and surrounded the fortress

but what to do without a moat
without a bridge
without a castle
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