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Last night I heard the clock stop two minutes to wait for the Moon, which had likewise stopped in order to watch, in its own shadow on the street, two dogs fighting.

“There could be no more than ten meters between us.
Behind me, all the meters of my life gone by.
But in front, I repeat, only ten.
I wasn’t about to use them up walking towards those ladies. Any man, when he sees he has no more than ten meters left, stops.”