Dunya Mikhail, “Tough Rose”, The War Works Hard (trans. Elizabeth Winslow)[Text ID: “I am a new rose

Dunya Mikhail, “Tough Rose”, The War Works Hard (trans. Elizabeth Winslow)[Text ID: “I am a new rose.My redness, wild hallucinations,and my thorns, prison cellswith views of the moon.Yesterday someone touched me,but did not pick meI was tough.I didn’t give him any of my petals.Tomorrow when people pass by,my leaves will remind themof things that never were,and they will leave my dry head barecontemplating the new roseswhich were not here yesterday.”] -- source link

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