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Ode To Tomatoes : : By Pablo Neruda : : : ; : : : The streetfilled with tomatoes,midday,summer,light ishalvedlikeatomato,its juicerunsthrough the streets. In December,unabated,the tomatoinvadesthe kitchen,it enters at lunchtime,takesits easeon countertops,among glasses,butter dishes,blue saltcellars. It shedsits own light,benign majesty. Unfortunately, we mustmurder it:the knifesinksinto living flesh,redvisceraa coolsun,profound,inexhaustible,populates the saladsof Chile,happily, it is wedto theContinue reading “Ode To Tomatoes : Pablo Neruda : : December Poems : : Months Poems : :”