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"When I returned to school again, Persia/
Still hung inside me like a lantern, /
Swinging as I walked, my new eyes /
Polished bright from inside, /
School and children transitory /
In the shadow of such /
Ancient, bloodied, golden history."
-- from "Twelfth Year, 1971"
— Apr 26, 2022 11:50PM
Still hung inside me like a lantern, /
Swinging as I walked, my new eyes /
Polished bright from inside, /
School and children transitory /
In the shadow of such /
Ancient, bloodied, golden history."
-- from "Twelfth Year, 1971"
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