Octavio Paz

ONE AND THE SAME

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(Anton Webern 1883-1945)

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Spaces

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Space,

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No center, no above, no below

Ceaselessly devouring and endangering itself

Whirlpool space

And drop into height

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Spaces

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Clarities deeply cut

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Suspended

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By the night's flank.

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Black gardens of rock crystal

Flowering on a rod of smoke

White gardens exploding in the air

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Space

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One space opening up

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Corolla

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And dissolving

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Space in space

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All is nowhere

Place of impalpable nuptials.