Pablo Neruda, in Melancholy inside Families[Text ID: But above all there is a terrifying, a ter
Pablo Neruda, in Melancholy inside Families[Text ID: But above all there is a terrifying, a terrifying deserted dining room, with its broken olive oil cruets, and vinegar running under its chairs, one ray of moonlight tied down, something dark, and I look for a comparison inside myself: perhaps it is a grocery store surrounded by the sea and torn clothing from which sea water is dripping. It is only a deserted dining room, and around it there are expanses, sunken factories, pieces of timber which I alone know because I am sad, and because I travel, and I know the earth, and I am sad.] -- source link
#pablo neruda