“It was the sea and I. And the sea was alone and I was alone. One of the two was missing.”

Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.
Voces (1943)

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Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.

Variant: Éramos yo y el mar. Y el mar estaba solo y solo yo. Uno de los dos faltaba.

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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