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[The rage that shatters a man into children,] by César Vallejo - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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The rage that shatters a man into children, / that shatters the child into identical birds,

translated from the Spanish by Carmen Giménez and Dean Rader The rage that shatters a man into children, that shatters the child into identical birds, and the bird, eventually, into tiny eggs; the rage of the poor bears one oil against two vinegars. The rage that shatters the tree into leaves, the leaf, into disparate buds, and the bud, into telescopic folds; the rage of the poor holds two rivers against many seas. The rage that shatters the good into doubts, doubt, into three kindred arcs, and then the arc into unexpected tombs; the rage of the poor wields one sword against…

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