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A cup was left by the window
A short poem about what stays behind after a simple conversation.
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Translated from the Spanish original. Read the original

A cup was left by the window.
I didn't clear it away at once.
We had talked about almost nothing
and the afternoon felt different.
A question, if you like
Which object holds, for you, the memory of a conversation?
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