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Poem

Liana Mejía

Elemental human passion

Elemental human passion
wrapping around us like a shroud.

Ancient and repeated
gestures
are suddenly illuminated,
rapture extends its wings.

Some day
we will perish
in the fire
that devours this tiny room
each night.

Elemental human passion

La elemental pasión humana
envolviéndonos como un sudario.

Gestos antiguos
y repetidos
se iluminan de improviso,
el delirio extiende sus alas.

Alguna vez
habremos de perecer
en el incendio
que devora cada noche
este pequeño cuarto.
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Elemental human passion

Elemental human passion
wrapping around us like a shroud.

Ancient and repeated
gestures
are suddenly illuminated,
rapture extends its wings.

Some day
we will perish
in the fire
that devours this tiny room
each night.

Elemental human passion

Elemental human passion
wrapping around us like a shroud.

Ancient and repeated
gestures
are suddenly illuminated,
rapture extends its wings.

Some day
we will perish
in the fire
that devours this tiny room
each night.
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Gemeente Rotterdam
Nederlands Letterenfonds
Stichting Van Beuningen Peterich-fonds
Prins Bernhard cultuurfonds
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Gefinancierd door de Europese Unie
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Stichting Verzameling van Wijngaarden-Boot
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