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HEADLINES by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER

First Line: A THOUSAND MEN ARE DEAD IN SYRIA
Last Line: AS THE OTHERS RUN.
Subject(s): DEATH; DISASTERS; DEAD, THE;

A thousand men are dead in Syria,
The heavy mountain seams its sides with fire—
These headlines are for God.
Enough for me
To savor all disaster when I hear
Your dead foot limping
As the others run.



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