( Nooo, let's play lions, I want to play lions! )

I interpret this as "tired of being human" but the word in Spanish is necessarily gendered, I think--either that or he just wrote it that way. But still, I think the feeling is universal.

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Walking Around

(Pablo Neruda)

It so happens I'm tired of just being a man.
I go to a movie, drop in at the tailor's--it so happens--
feeling wizened and numbed, ( Read more... )