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Wislawa Szymborska

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I am a tarsier and a tarsier's son,
the grandson and great-grandson of tarsiers,
a tiny creature, made up of two pupils
and whatever simply could not be left out...
--
"Tarsier"

 
Wislawa Szymborska

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