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Miltos Sachtouris

THE DOVE

The dove would pass this way
they’d lit torches all round in the streets
others kept watch in the rows of trees
children held flags in their hands
hours passed and it began to rain
then the entire sky grew dark
a lightning flash whispered something in fright
and the cry broke in man’s mouth

then with ferocious teeth the white dove
howled like a dog in the night

The dove

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THE DOVE

The dove would pass this way
they’d lit torches all round in the streets
others kept watch in the rows of trees
children held flags in their hands
hours passed and it began to rain
then the entire sky grew dark
a lightning flash whispered something in fright
and the cry broke in man’s mouth

then with ferocious teeth the white dove
howled like a dog in the night

THE DOVE

The dove would pass this way
they’d lit torches all round in the streets
others kept watch in the rows of trees
children held flags in their hands
hours passed and it began to rain
then the entire sky grew dark
a lightning flash whispered something in fright
and the cry broke in man’s mouth

then with ferocious teeth the white dove
howled like a dog in the night
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