The dove was wrong

She was mistaken.

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To travel north, she flew south,

Thinking the wheat was water.

She was mistaken.

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Thinking the sea was sky,

That the night, the morrow.

She was mistaken.

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That the stars, dew,

That the heat, snowfall.

She was mistaken.

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That your skirt was your blouse,

That your heart, your home.

She was mistaken.

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(She fell asleep on the shore,

You, at the tip of a branch.)

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Se equivoco la paloma.

Se equivocaba

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Por ir al norte, fue al; sur.

Creyo que el trigo era agua.

Se equivocaba.

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Creyo que el mar era el cielo,

que la noche, la mañana.

Se equivocaba.

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Que las estrellas, rocio,

que la calor, la nevada.

Se equivocaba.

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Que tu falda er tu blusa,

que tu corazón, su casa.

Se equivocaba.

(Ella se durmio en la orilla.

Tu, en la cumbre de una rama.)

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Returnings: Poems of Love and Distance