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47 Pittsburgh as Self-Portrait I Keep me in the hollows and the valleys. Let there be churches in the marketplace and small red boats on theAllegheny. Let the funicular climb its mountain at dusk and seven-hundred bridges light the rivers, revealing the city’s dark wishbone. Let me see my face there, mirrored, mapped in lights. I am far-flung and kneeling over memory’s holystone to pray: let each open space be made of water. Let every road go unnamed. Let the land be so steep the houses teeter on stilts.Wherever I am, let the half-life of this city in my skin be longer than I’ll live. 48 This page intentionally left blank. ...

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