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the mountain, of course she doesn't know
what it means to be shared by nations
weeping, every time it needlessly opens, this
jagged scar where the road divides her
bleeding rock between two worlds
torn and speaking her stories quietly
I know how she feels
wishing to be left, in one place, whole
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photo: Annamite mountain range, south border of China, Binh Lieu, Viet Nam, october 2019