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"That Map of Bone
and Opened Valves."

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I watched the Sergeant
aim, the deaf boy

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take iron and fire
in his mouth--

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his face and the asphalt,

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that map of bone
and opened valves.

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It is the air.

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Something in the air
wants us too much.

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The earth is still.

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The tower guards eat
cucumber sandwiches.

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This first day

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soldiers examine the
ears of bartenders,

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accountants, soldiers--

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the wicked things
silence does to soldiers.

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They tear Gora's wife from
her bed like a door off a bus

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--observe this moment

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how it convulses--

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The body of the boy lies on
the asphalt like a paperclip.

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The body of the boy
lies on the asphalt

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like the body of a boy.

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I touch the walls, feel the
pulse of the house, and I

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stare up wordless and do
not know why I am alive.

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We tiptoe this city,

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Sonya and I,

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between theaters, and gardens,
and the wrought-iron gates--

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Be courageous, we
say, but no one

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is courageous, as a
sound we do not hear

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lifts the birds off the water.

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