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World Literature
World literature is sometimes used to refer to the sum total of the world's national literatures, but usually it refers to the circulation of works into the wider world beyond their country of origin. Often used in the past primarily for masterpieces of Western European literature, world literature today is increasingly seen in global context.
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…The time machine quietly disintegrated with leprosy of unsaid hurts and accusations that peeled back skin, muscle, and bone, snapping off love’s digits, fingers, arms, and legs in agonizing screams …
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― Mechanical Bull
― Mechanical Bull
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The Vase
The bouquet of flowers in the vase is two weeks old,
Or maybe a little older?
They are all wilted and dead now.
The scene is much like a mass grave,
Each flower has died in its own way.
The first flower—the biggest in the bunch—
Opened as widely as it could.
Each of its petals dried up.
The second one seemed as though it had tried
To bend itself towards the end of her life,
It broke her neck as she dried in silence.
The third flower tried to close after opening,
As she felt
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― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
― أنا زهرة برية [I am a Wildflower]
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