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FIRST COMMUNION

The Eucharist   its little injection left you
substantially immune to rationalizations
But still   will the soul be dead there deep inside you?
Or at best
                      as soon
                                        as you die
will it rev up out of your rib cage
like a dove?

autógrafo

José Emilio Pacheco
Translated by George McWhirter


«Selected Poems» (1987)

español Original version

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