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Elegy

                                                                                                                        for Rachel Corrie

The young American is

                                                  1) accompanied by a series of photographs. . .

                                                                                   2) dead. . .

                    3) in the works as of this morning. . .

                                                                 4) good reason right now. . .

                                         5) contact. . .

                                                                                                                        6) her own words. . .

The young American is

                             7) dove bullhorn. . .

                                                                                   8) enemy. . .

                                                                 9) heard around the world deeply. . .

                                                 10) not dead. . .

                                                                                             11) represented as real. . .

                                       12) left in the margin. . .

The young American is

                                                                                       13) occupied territory. . .

                         14) a tree abandoned or destroyed. . .

                                                                                                 15) blonde & red keffiyah. . .

                                                  16) broken on our hands. . .