This city speaks not one, not two,
but three languages,
even four, maybe more.
The carefree brown-eyed girl–
she thrusts her fingers into the Earth
scoops out the soil, puts it close to her ear,
and it babbles like a lost child to its mother.
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This city speaks not one, not two,
but three languages,
even four, maybe more.
The carefree brown-eyed girl–
she thrusts her fingers into the Earth
scoops out the soil, puts it close to her ear,
and it babbles like a lost child to its mother.