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" After every war someone has to tidy up. "
Wislawa Szymborska
War
Tidy
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" In the language of poetry, where every word is weighed, nothing is usual or normal. Not a single stone and not a single cloud above it. Not a single day and not a single night after it. And above all, not a single existence, not anyone's existence in this world. "
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