Thursday, December 1, 2011

How did the abandoned bicycle win its freedom?


Still enchanted by these poetic questions from Pablo Neruda's "Book of Questions."  Enjoy.
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XIV.
And what did the rubies say
standing before the juice of pomegranates?

Why doesn't Thursday talk itself  
into coming after Friday?
 
Who shouted with glee
when the color blue was born?

Why does the earth grieve
when the violets appear?
 







XV.
But is it true that the vests
are preparing to revolt?

Why does spring once again
offer its green clothes?

Why does agriculture laugh
at the pale tears of the sky?

How did the abandoned bicycle
win its freedom?


XXXI.
Whom can I ask what I came
to make happen in this world?

Why do I move without wanting to,
why am I not able to sit still?

Why do I go rolling without wheels,
flying without wings or feathers,

and why did I decide to migrate
if my bones live in Chile?

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