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excerpt from Leonardo
He lives in france now,
calmer and much weaker.
He is the jewel in the crown. Favored
with the monarch's friendship.
The Loire rolls its waters slowly.
He considers the projects
he left unfinished.
His right hand, half-paralyzed,
has already departed.
His left would also like to take its leave.
And his heart, and his whole body.
Islands of light still
stand sentry.
—Adam Zagajewski
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