What comfort
can I squeeze out
from the photos of disaster
where the fire raged?
This,
that often,
the house in ruins,
the lawn is still green.
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What comfort
What comfort
can I squeeze out
from the photos of disaster
where the fire raged?
This,
that often,
the house in ruins,
the lawn is still green.
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