Love Sonnet XX by Pablo Neruda My ugly love, you're a messy chestnut. My beauty, you are pretty as the wind. Ugly: your mouth is big enough for two mouths. Beauty: your kisses are fresh as new melons. Ugly: where did you hide hide your breasts? They're meager, two little scoops of wheat. I'd much rather see two moons across your chest, two huge proud towers. Ugly: not even the sea contains things like your toenails. Beauty: flower by flower, star by star, wave by wave, Love, I've made an inventory of your body: My ugly one, I love you for your waist of gold; my beauty, for the wrinkle on your forehead. My Love: I love you for your clarity, your dark.

--Taken from 100 Love Sonnets (Cien Sonetos de Amor)
--Translated by Stephen Tapscott

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