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Images and Reflections IV: Painted Windows
Photograph by Yao Xiang
( Painting on the side of a building in Mt. Shasta by Tom O'Hara )
Painted Windows
I lived in a house
with two real windows and the other two painted on.
Those painted windows caused my first sorrow.
I'd touch the sides of the hall
trying to reach the windows from inside.
I spent my whole childhood wanting
to lean out and see what could be seen
from the windows that weren't there.
- Gloria Fuertes (of Madrid)
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Ventanas Pentadas
Vivía en una casa
con dos ventanas de verdad y las otras dos pintadas
en la fachada.
Aquellas ventanas pintadas fueron mi primer dolor.
Palpaba las paredes del pasillo,
intentando encontrar las ventanas por dentro.
Toda mi infancia pasé con el deseo
de asomarme para ver lo que se veía
desde aquellas ventanas que no existieron.
- Gloria Fuertes (de Madrid)
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