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Girls with poison necklacesto save themselves from torture. Just as women wear amuletswhich hold their rolled up fortunestranscribed on ola leaf.Michael Ondaatje
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The sloshing of their hooves in the paddy field that I heard thirty yards away, my car door open for the breeze, the haunting sound I was caught within as if creatures of magnificence were undressing and removing their wingsMichael Ondaatje
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Aliganaya - 'the embraceduring an intoxicated walk'or 'sudden arousalwhile driving over speed bumpsMichael Ondaatje
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There's water in my bonesa ghost of a chanceMichael Ondaatje