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Eduardo Gómez

NUDITY

Nothing belongs to us
Everything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?

DESNUDEZ

DESNUDEZ

Nada nos pertenece
todo nos corresponde en préstamo para buen uso.
Generaciones futuras habitarán en nuestra casa
Y el pan que comemos aún es amasado con sangre.
Aparecemos gratuitamente sobre el mundo
Venidos de una oscuridad sin fondo.
La existencia es un momento de luz que nos fue dado
y un día nos iremos desnudos y solitarios,
cómo hablar entonces de derechos exclusivos?
Cómo matar en nombre de lo Tuyo y lo Mío?
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NUDITY

Nothing belongs to us
Everything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?

NUDITY

Nothing belongs to us
Everything is loaned to us to use as we see fit.
Future generations will live in our house
and the bread we eat is kneaded with blood.
We appear gratuitously in the world
coming from a bottomless darkness.
Existence is a moment of light given to us
and one day we shall go, naked and solitary,
how should we speak then about exclusive rights?
How should we kill in the name of Yours and Mine?
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