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At first he seemed plump and quick but simply arrested,the chipmunk lying sidelong on the terrace flagstoneas if taking a nap. Butterflies sipped at his fur.Their wings, black with coppery…

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Palaces

A city with a knife in its heart,nerves exposed, arteries dangling, its temples to kingship,religion, learning and artbegrimed, and pockmarked by bullets,or spruced, sand-blasted and lacqueredto face the new market…

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