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Torn Map

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—Naomi Shihab Nye, “Torn Map” ▪︎ Palestinian-American poet ▪︎

Once, by mistake, she tore a map in half. She taped it back, but crookedly. Now all the roads ended in water. There were mountains right next to her hometown. Wouldn’t it be nice if that were true? I’d tear a map and be right next to you.

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