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Silence on fire
In Silence by Thomas Merton from The Strange Islands: Poems. © New Directions, 1957 Be still. Listen to the stones of the wall. Be silent, they try to speak your name. Listen to the living walls. Who are you? Who are you? Whose silence are you? Who (be quiet)
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