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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OCTAVIO PAZ !

on March 30, 2019

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"In my body you search the mountain
for the sun buried in its forest.
In your body I search for the boat
adrift in the middle of the night."

Octavio Paz.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, OCTAVIO PAZ !

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