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A poem reflecting on Beirut's latest tragedy, and the evergreen resilience of its people.

Daria Daniel
Daria Daniel
A woman sits with a dog over the Mediterranean sea waterfront by a fishing boat in the area of Dbayeh, north of the capital Beirut (background skyline), before sunset on December 5, 2019. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)
A woman sits with a dog over the Mediterranean sea waterfront by a fishing boat in the area of Dbayeh, north of the capital Beirut (background skyline), on Dec. 5, 2019. — JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images

Beirut, your heavy burdens would bury most,

for in your dusk, the air is thick with history seething, groaning, thrashing.

The bell tolls, and many voices bellow –

your dreary, battered, and martyred,

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