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Lovers Over the City
(after Chagall)

Navum Halpiarovich
Like two bare branches --
Once again, the lovers soar over the city.
They fly high above the ground,
Above despair and turmoil,
Above the cupolas and rooftops,
Above the humiliation, contempt and

But they are borne, by doleful trajectory
To the gaping maw of the crematorium.
 

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