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Yiannis Ritsos - When there's a moon the shadows in...

When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger;
invisible hands draw back the curtains,
a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust
of the piano... (Yiannis Ritsos)

When there's a moon the shadows in the house grow larger; invisible hands draw back the curtains, a pallid finger writes forgotten words on dust of the piano...

Yiannis Ritsos

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