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Installation process required, alas, but still . . .
Barry
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:28:37 -0000, Heather Taylor
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>Woodsmoke hangs in narrowed streets
>On the shoulders of patchwork buildings
>It's the palate of a city shaped by bombs on repeat,
>Presents from a revolving door of friends turned enemy.
>
>Enemies only until the West gives permission
>For soldiers to leave and tourists to stream in
>Buy cheap cigarettes, gorge on plates piled with food
>Tiptoe around stereotypes until another war-torn country
>Becomes chic and land-mine free.
>
>This is the white city, the hub of civilizations
>A changing landscape of peace to UN-imposed walls
>Men standing on corners with money whose worth
>Changes hourly - in the morning your wages matter
>In the afternoon, they're barely enough for a night out.
>
>You speak of the wolf at the door, the devil left for Sundays
>And pray to icons that life will be better
>That another march on Kosavo won't be on your horizon
>And that one day you can travel freely and still want to come back.
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