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We are in the heights now
by Hiba Abu Nada

We are in the Heights now

teachers, free of their crowded classrooms,
their voices no longer shouting to be heard,
new families without pain or sadness,
journalists taking pictures of heaven
writing about the eternal love.
All, all of them are from Gaza.
There is a new Gaza in heaven
without siege
taking shape now.

Good night, Gaza

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