Questions – LXIII (after Neruda)
How is the translation of their languages
agreed upon with the birds?
How do I explain to the tortoise
that I am even slower than he is?
How should I quiz the flea
about his championship statistics?
Or address the carnations,
in my appreciation of their fragrance?
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A S H Smyth. Posted on
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