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Oh Gaza,
Oh Hiroshima,
that gleams as brightly as animal skin
on the threshold of the past,
Oh Carthage,
violated by the sea,
Oh besieged Troy,
with traitorous horses,
Oh Sarajevo . . . Oh blood apple,
Don’t go south,
they massacre palm trees there
at the crossings.
Don’t go north,
there are as many remaining body parts as there
are eyelashes on your children.
Don’t go east,
the walls are covered in blood
flowing since the beginning of time.
Don’t go west,
they set up the gallows for you there
in the open desert.

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