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  "text": "Si me preguntáis en dónde he estado\n\ndebo decir \"Sucede.\"\n\nDebo de hablar del suelo que oscurecen las piedras,\n\ndel río que durando se destruye:\n\nno sé sino las cosas que los pájaros pierden,\n\nel mar dejado atrás, o mi hermana llorando.\n\n¿Por qué tantas regiones, por qué un día\n\nse junta con un día? ¿Por qué una negra noche\n\nse acumula en la boca? ¿Por qué muertos?",
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      "text": "No quiero para mí tantas desgracias.\n\nNo quiero continuar de raíz y de tumba,\n\nde subterráneo solo, de bodega con muertos\n\nateridos, muriéndome de pena.",
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      "text": "Preguntaréis: ¿Y dónde están las lilas?\n\n¿Y la metafísica cubierta de amapolas?\n\n¿Y la lluvia que a menudo golpeaba\n\nsus palabras llenándolas\n\nde agujeros y pájaros?",
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      "text": "Estoy solo entre materias desvencijadas,\n\nla lluvia cae sobre mí, y se me parece,\n\nse me parece con su desvarío,solitaria en el mundo muerto,\n\nrechazada al caer, y sin forma obstinada.",
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