In a back yard in the universe
We played, he and I.
I covered my eyes, he hid:
One two three,
Not before me, not behind me
Not within me.
Since then I have been looking
So many years.
So what if I don’t find you.
Come out, already, come out.
You see that I have surrendered.
-Dan Pagis, translated by A.L. Lerner
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