Hiroshima, Mon Amour
Written by Ghazal Asif
The Atomic-Bomb Dome is pink. This was unexpected. Grey in a lot of places, black here and there, but there was pink. The red bricks had worn down to a pleasant warm tone, and the iron arches that formed the skeleton of the dome itself were freshly painted. A warm, drizzling rain had started to fall on our way over from the station. Leafy green trees stood about, partly obscuring the building from the busy street, but not quite enough–the tram stopped just opposite and a line of people...
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You Are Nothing But a Notion
Written by Anonymous
Love may not be the only emotionBut it is what I think ofWhen you come to mindWhen I think of youOf you, and of your horsesYour scent and your voiceYour shadows in the blazing lights of dusk....I fear I might fallBut then I thank godFor I was not riding your horses at all.I fear you may see meYou are right aheadBut just then I rememberIts dusk and you are night blind.....I fear again that I might fallBut soon enough I look down and seeThere is no water underneathNo mud, no sand, no...
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