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Noah Sends out Another
Dove Today
Some other land, some other sea
-Cavafy, “The City”
If Noah were to release that dove today
It would fall along with the olive branch
Along with all hope, blasted out of the sky
Its bloody feathers fluttering to earth
Among refugees who haven’t the right papers
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