Your Laughter by Nicole McGee

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Your Laughter

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

YOUR LAUGHTER

PABLO NERUDA

Photo by cessemi

Take bread away from me, if you wish

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Take air away, but

Photo by Neal.

Do not take from me your laughter

Photo by Dai Luo

Do not take away the rose,
The lance flower that you pluck

Photo by hjl

The water that suddenly
Burst forth in joy,

Photo by ξωαŋ ThΦt (slowly back...)

The sudden wave
Of silver born in you

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My struggle is harsh and I come back
With tired eyes

Photo by _Tophee_

At times from having seen the unchanging earth,

Photo by archer10 (Dennis)

But when your laughter enters

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It rises to the sky seeking me,

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And it opens for me
All the doors of life

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My love, in the darkest hour your laughter opens,

Photo by Ollie T.

And if suddenly you see my blood staining the stones of the street,

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LAUGH

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Because your laughter will be for my hands like a fresh sword

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Next to the sea in the autumn,

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Your laughter must raise its foamy cascade

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And in the spring, love

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I want your laughter like the flower I was waiting for,

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Th blue flower, the rose
Of my echoing country

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Laugh at the night

Photo by onkel_wart (thomas lieser)

At the day, at the moon

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Laugh at the twist streets of the island,

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Laugh at this clumsy boy who loves you,

Photo by ~Oryctes~

But when I open my eyes and close them,

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When my steps go,
When my steps return

Photo by geezaweezer

Deny me bread, air, light,
spring

Photo by Nina Matthews Photography

But never your laughter

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For I would die

Photo by Stuck in Customs

Nicole McGee