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This, on the other hand, is a
poem in defense of the family.

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I wrote it when a friend
of mine accused me

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of hiding in the
safety of a family.

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And I told her that
I didn't see how

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she could have
grown up in a family

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and considered it a
safe place to hide.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Who Is It Accuses Us?

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Who is it accuses us of safety?

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As if the family were
soldiers instead of hostages,

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as if the gardens were not
mined with explosive peonies, as

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if the most common death were
not by household accident.

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We have chosen the
dangerous life.

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Consider the pale
necks of the children

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under their colored
headscarves, the skin

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around the husband's eyes
flayed by guilt and promises.

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You, who risk no more than
your own skins, I tell you,

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household gods are jealous gods.

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They will cover your window
sills with the dust of sunsets.

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They will poison your
secret wells with longing.

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