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Peoples of the earth,
do not destroy the universe of words,
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O that no one mean death when he says life —
and not blood when he speaks cradle.


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O the chimneys
On the ingeniously devised habitations of death When Israel's body drifted as smoke Through the air—
Was welcomed by a star, a chimney sweep,
A star that turned black Or was it a ray of sun?


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Dancer
woman in childbirth
you alone
carry on the hidden navel-string
of your body
the identical god-given jewels
of death and birth.


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World, do not ask those snatched from death
where they are going,
they are always going to their graves.


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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
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Nelly Sachs

Nelly Sachs
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Born: December 10, 1891
Died: May 12, 1970 (aged 78)
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