Nicanor Parra


"Help!'

 I don’t know how I got here:

I was running along happy as you please
My hat in my right hand
Chasing a phosphorescent butterfly 
Who drove me crazy with joy

And suddenly zap! I tripped
I don’t know what’s happened to the garden
The whole thing went to pieces
My nose and my mouth are bleeding.

Honestly I don’t know what’s going on
Either give me some help
Or a bullet in the head.

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