“All the suns labor to kindle your flame and a microbe puts it out.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Todos los soles se esfuerzan en encender tu llama y un microbio la extingue.
Voces (1943)
“We’ve learned how to put out the flame.”
2020, July 2020
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