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when you see the whole city running as well

it’s not something you ever thought of doing
until the blade burnt threats into your neck
and even then you carried the anthem under your breath
only tearing up your passport in an airport toilets
sobbing as each mouthful of paper made it clear that you would not be going back.
Please listen to the full incredbile poem here, read by the author, Warsan Shire.
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