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Tell me, if I caught you one day
and kissed the sole of your foot,
wouldn’t you limp a little then,
afraid to crush my kiss?…

— Nichita Stănescu, “A Poem” from Bas-Relief with Heroes, trans. Thomas Carlson

Source: romanianvoice.com

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