To live in exile.
A bitter juxtaposition,
practically an oxymoron.
My children
speak different languages,
and even I,
between sleep and wakefulness,
hear separate languages
inside my head.
…
—keep reading: In Translation: Two Poems by Julio Monteiro Martins
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