RETURN TO MY SEED

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To my family from Pinar del Rio

The tomeguines flutter in the green pine forest,
rice paddies and palms come out on the return,
inside me everything is ready
to celebrate with the August breeze.
Guavas drip along the roads,
I unfold a glance like the prodigal son
who has returned home, or to the land of his marrow.
Although my inside vibrates with joy
outwardly it is like concrete,
full of uncertainty;
happy I seem and I follow the idiotic step,
returning each year to my seed.

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