# Question about "Before Night Falls"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 2, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140 "2003-10-02T15:39:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140/1 "2003-10-02T15:39:47Z")

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Does anyone know the name and author of the poem that started and ended this movie?

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**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140/2 "2003-10-03T12:40:15Z")

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Bump! Someone here’s gotta know!

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**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140/3 "2003-10-03T15:25:52Z")

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Do you remember anything about it? This could jog someone’s memory whether they’ve seen the movie or not.

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**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-before-night-falls/205140/4 "2003-10-05T14:08:21Z")

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Does this sound like it?

\*I arrive, open countless padlocks and run up the  
temporary stairs

There she is, waiting for me

I pull off the typewriter cover, and stare at her  
dusty, cold shape

I clean off the dust and caress her

With my hand, I brush clean her back, her base and  
her sides

…\*

If so, it’s **The Parade Ends** , by Arenas.