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Colin Powell Is in Cairo/ Madeleine Albright to Join Think Tank The dogs sleep in their hair shirts creating soft inner linings for thousands of birds’ nests. Beauty and bad behavior surround us. We see/we shine. First there is the echo of light. Leaves become translucent. He could no longer sweep her off her feet or even lift her. Drop to your knees wherever you are. The sky turns green, the twister comes. He undertakes vast collaborations alone. A bird hits the window as sun pierces clouds. A heavily flooded area . . . library inundated . . . The president is baffled by the idea of a complete sentence. The birds are making a racket. He has undergone surgery for the removal of an organ he didn’t know he had. He never used it, nor did anyone else. The desert is quietly reasserting itself. Soon the wings of the house will fly away. 22 ...

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