[M]aybe even Neruda got exhausted sometimes from the great pressure to be original and not cursi–after a long day of racking his brain for inspired, fresh symbols of love for his poems, perhaps the most he could muster up for Matilde was a little teddy bear he’d pick up at a nearby store.
Each set of lovers forms their own language and lexicon composed of their significant symbols and code wordsTe extraño, snugglepumpkin.
