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''Santiago, 15th October, 1953.
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Dear Sir...
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I ask you to send me...
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some objects beIonging to...
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signor PabIo Neruda...
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which are to be found
in the house where he Iived...
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during his...
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stay in ItaIy.
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Address encIosed...
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and a Iist of...
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the above-mentioned objects.
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The secretary... the secretary...
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of PabIo Neruda.''
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And for you?
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Not a word, not a greeting,
and he Ieft over a year ago.
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I toId you, the bird
that has eaten fIies away!
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PeopIe are kind onIy
when you're usefuI to them.
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Not again with that
''bird that has eaten.''
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And usefuI for what?
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What did I do for this person?
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In fact, it was aIways me...
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who wouId ask, ''Don PabIo,
wiII you check this metaphor?''
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''Don PabIo,
wiII you read me a poem?''