“Tonight I have no desire to sleep. / I want to remain here until morning / writing poetry. / The heart drowns less slowly / when the pen sheds tears / and the paper dries pain.”

—  Menotti Lerro

Source: The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 55

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