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How can they silence me/when all the echoes of the universe shall be/symphonies in my forehead?

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

¿Cómo podrán callarme/cuando todos los ecos del universo sean/sinfonías en mi frente?

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