KEEPING QUIET by Pablo Neruda Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. For once on the face of the earth, let’s not speak in any language; let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be an exotic moment without…
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The United Fruit Company Pablo Neruda When the trumpet sounded, it was all prepared on the earth, the Jehovah parcelled out the earth to Coca Cola, Inc., Anaconda, Ford Motors, and other entities: The Fruit Company, Inc. reserved for itself the most succulent, the central coast of my own land,…
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Ode to the chair Pablo Neruda (from Odes to Common Things) A chair in the jungle: under the severe lianas a sacred tree trunk creaks, tangles of vines press high, in the shadows bloody beasts cry out, majestic leaves descend from the green sky, the rattles of snakes quiver like…
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Keeping Quiet by Pablo Neruda Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still. This one time upon the earth, let’s not speak any language, let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much. It would be a delicious moment, without hurry, without locomotives,…
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