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Ur my night and day oh mother mine My imagination, mind, thought and spirit
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All intelligence, my attention, thought and mention Prayer, my single request, heaven sent
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U look at the photo inside the frame U call me in my dream and inhabit my thoughts
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Ur the only good storyteller I know in the whole world Ur in Iran and I am here in Helsinki
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Dialysis made u skin and bones I sent you long-distant blessings for your spirit
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Ur my dream and my wish Ur my meaning of all my searches
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Sing me a lullaby Let the feathers inside the pillow feel our head
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I have no more than this tolerance housed in my spirit Seven years we’ve been separated, from u my flower
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There is no door and key to open this cage Dana has been separated from witnessing the dawn of day
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Black clouds rumble over Dana Her tears turn to sea
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She scrambles from day-to-day, from moment-to- moment She knocks on every door weeping and tired
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The canary is not comfortable in the cage Waiting patiently for spring to appear
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Canary injured a piece of her here a piece there Broke wings this bad cat
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There’s no guard outside the cage Come mother and sing a song to cure my pain
Dana, this is by far the most beautiful poem of the three you have published on Migrant Tales.