Who has twisted us around like this, so that
no matter what we do, we are in the posture
of someone going away? Just as, upon
the farthest hill, which shows him his whole valley
one last time, he turns, stops, lingers--,
so we live here, forever taking leave.
-Rainer Maria Rilke-
A southern American woman who has one foot in the US and one in the Middle East - yes, it is a big stretch!
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