I give you the thin streets, the despairing sunset, and the moon in the wilderness,
I give you all the insight my books can contain and all the manliness and humor my life can have,
I give you the loyalty of a man who has never had faith,
I give you the core of myself that I have managed to preserve, the core that is untouched by words, untraded by dreams, untouched by time, joy, and adversity.
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I give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart,
I try to impress you with confusion, danger, failure
——Borges "What can I do to keep you"
Intention: I want to accompany you through the street corners of the old city, by the weeping willow pond, and the lush green mountains with clouds and rain.