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lit issue 2020

Saying Goodbye in an Airport

March 9, 2020February 28, 2021 by Akbota Saudabayeva

The roof hangs over our heads

like a large, strange tooth, 

rendering us tiny sardines, flipping

about nervously, in the open mouth

of Dulles Airport’s whale

interior: brutalist beams, overhanging

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