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“By Day and by Night” by W. S. Merwin 🇺🇸 (30 Sep 192715 Mar 2019)
Shadow, index of the sun,
Who knows him as you know him,
Who have never turned to look at him since the beginning?
In the court of his brilliance
You set up his absence like a camp.
And his fire only confirms you. And his death is your freedom.