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Classic poem of the day

No, I'm not going to
delve deep down and discover
I'm really de Souza Prabhu
even if Prabhu was no fool
and got the best of both worlds.
(Catholic Brahmin!
I can hear his fat chuckle still.)

No matter that
my name is Greek
my surname Portuguese
my language alien.
There are ways
of belonging.

I belong with the lame ducks.

I heard it said
my parents wanted a boy.
I've done my best t......

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Translation

By Chief Counselor Tsunenobu (Minamoto no Tsunenobu 1016-1097)

On evening
Leaves fr...
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