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Why did I become a writer? A bird's feather on my windowpane in winter and all at once there arose in my heart a battle of embers never to subside again.

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I believe in the magic and authority of words.

A poet should leave traces of his passage, not proofs. Traces alone engender dreams.

With my teeth
I have seized life
Upon the knife of my youth.
With my lips today,
With my lips alone…

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