Tonight I have no desire to sleep. / I want to remain here … - Menotti Lerro

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Tonight I have no desire to sleep. / I want to remain here until morning / writing poetry. / The heart drowns less slowly / when the pen sheds tears / and the paper dries pain. (From: The Poetry of Menotti Lerro, p. 55)

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Menotti Lerro (born February 22, 1980) is an Italian poet, writer, playwright, critic, librettist and academic. In 2020 he founded the Empathic Movement (Empathism).

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Alternative Names: Menotti Augusto Serse Lerro

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Tonight I have no desire to sleep. / I want to remain here until morning / writing poetry. / The heart drowns less slowly / when the pen sheds tears … - Menotti Lerro

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