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From my invaded nation,/the battlefield today is independence.

— Julia de Burgos Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (1982)

De mi patria invadida,/es hoy su independencia, el campo de batalla.

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To save something beautiful you must destroy it, so it does not fall, limp and degraded, from our miserable human hands.

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Where does the laughter wander that decorated life/when your heart gathered my sadnesses?

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Oh love entertained in stars and doves,/how like a joyous spray you cross my soul!

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