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Article: Darfur.(Poetry)(Poem)
- Article from:
- Sojourners Magazine
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
- Author:
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Darfur
The earth is eating all the little birds.
It feasts, grows fat. Their eyes are stones, black jewels
we rattle in our pockets. Mouths are blurred
with sheen of flies, and all the pretty fools
are silent here, no careless songs, no tra-la-la.
The guns alone have voices now
that parse the shattered bones, an algebra
of rotting flesh where jackals slink ...
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... ... KHARTOUM, Sudan - Rebels in the war-torn Darfur region said Sunday that government forces ... AU to withdraw its troops from all of Darfur before its mandate expires on Sept. 30 ... guerrillas from their strongholds north of Darfur's provincial capital, El Fasher. Northern ...
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