The Great Monkey closes his eyes, scratches himself again and muses: before the sun has become completely hidden - it is now fleeing amid the tall bamboo trees like an animal pursued by shadows - I shall succeed in reducing this grove of trees to a catalogue. (Octavio Paz)

The Great Monkey closes his eyes, scratches himself again and muses: before the sun has become completely hidden - it is now fleeing amid the tall bamboo trees like an animal pursued by shadows - I shall succeed in reducing this grove of trees to a catalogue.

Octavio Paz

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