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Its whitewashed facade gleamed in the sun, camouflaging the sinister history behind its walls.
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hornworm hooked beneath
a lean green tobacco leaf
undulating loss
black back bowed and hooked
swaying to pick that leafing
...
a lean green tobacco leaf
undulating loss
black back bowed and hooked
swaying to pick that leafing
...
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I speak in the fold of the map—
creased between empire and salt.
Mother braided three names into my …
creased between empire and salt.
Mother braided three names into my …
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Every hate swollen to a kind of epic wind...
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every word over top every
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