“When I’m nothing more, won’t I be more nothing? How I’d like not to be more nothing when I’m nothing more!”

Cuando no sea más nada, ¿no seré más nada? ¡Cómo quisiera no ser más nada cuando no sea más nada!
Voces (1943)

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Cuando no sea más nada, ¿no seré más nada?¡Cómo quisiera no ser más nada cuando no sea más nada!

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Italian Argentinian poet 1885–1968

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