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when they take what is—As If

as if i
am as
if outside
as if of
as if a
gate as
if as if begg
as if ing as
if i beg
as if those who as
if reside
as if within
as if to return what is as
if mine—
as if in as
if a dream i must
as if be as if
i speaking i
as if speak as
if a language as
if other than
as if theirs as
if in as
if a dream they as
if can as if
not hear
as if me as
if
as if under as if
stand as
if me as
if or
as if is it
as if will
as if not as
if
as if
as if a beg
as if gar as
if
a crust as
if of bread as if
they
as if have as
if shut as
if their ears
as if mine as
if me as
if n as
if erase as
if letters leave
as
if a trace
as if er
as if ah as
if at a
as if gate as
if beg as if
mine as
if fi me as
if as
if fi we as
if we

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m. nourbeSe philip is a poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and short story writer.

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