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Damascus

by Sara Alkharfan

Wake me up when I start dreaming
of silence;
I am in the streets of Old Damascus
where I smell of jasmines.
The street is cold
but warm with music,
touched by what once was
and now could be.

Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Weigel 

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