“Men and things rise, fall, move away, approach. Everything is a comedy of distances.”

Hombres y cosas, suben, bajan, se alejan, se acercan. Todo es una comedia de distancias.
Voces (1943)

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Hombres y cosas, suben, bajan, se alejan, se acercan. Todo es una comedia de distancias.

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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