The Words
Mahmoud Darwish
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Heavenly earth flutters in the mind, word-borne.
The dead do not dream much, and if they do,
no one believes their dreams.
These words swarm in my body as bees,
as bees. Had I written blue ink on blue paper, the song
would turn green, and my life return to me.
