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WE WAIT by YANNIS RITSOS

First Line: IT TURNS DARK SLOWLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CAN'T SLEEP
Last Line: BECAUSE THE SILENCE IS FULL OF GUN SHOTS FROM UNKNOWN %PLACES

Poem Sources:

REPETITIONS, TESTIMONIES, PARENTHESES. EDMUND KEELEY (TR.)
  RITSOS, YANNIS
  (1991)
 



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