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I thought I was going
to read two more

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but I'm going to read three.

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This is the newest
poem and I wrote it--

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I don't know how it is.

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It's all right I think.

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I was listening to news and this
poem is almost some quotes--

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it was news about Lebanon.

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And they quoted an old woman in
the camp and a lot of the lines

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in this poem are what she said.

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I was reading--

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I have another poem
that mentions Lebanon.

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And I was reading
it in Long Island

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and a woman was very upset with
me because I mentioned Lebanon.

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She said I should have
mentioned another place.

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And I asked her what place.

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In what place was the terror OK.

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And she didn't know.

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This is called A
Woman In The Camp

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Is Interviewed On The News.

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Lebanon 1983.

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They murdered 27 of my
family, counting the babies

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in the wombs.

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Some of the men spilled
seed on the ground

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when the bullets cracked.

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How much is a 1,000, 1,000.

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I had a child.

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I taught her to love.

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I should have
taught her to fear.

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I have learned about
blood and bullets, sir.

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There is no good
in my education.

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A woman is in this camp with
one breast and two babies.

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A woman is in this camp
with breasts like mine.

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A woman is in this
camp who watched

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the killers steal her husband.

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A woman is in this camp
with eyes like mine.

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Before, I never
noticed other women.

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If I ever passed them
in the streets again.

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I will hold out my female hand.

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This is a--

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