Ararat
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1:20:01
the first useless Sunday
dawning on the corpses.

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I saw a dark crowd in the courtyard
lashing a group of young women.

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And animal of a man shouted,
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'You must dance,
dance when the drum beats.

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With fury, the whips cracked
on the flesh of the women.

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Hand in hand, the brides
began their circle dance.

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Dance, they raved.
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Dance till you die.'
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'...dance with bare breasts, without shame...'
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[cracking whips and shouting]
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Then,
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someone brought a jug of kerosene.
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'The brides were anointed.
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'Dance,' they thundered.
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There is a fragrance sweeter
than any perfume.

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With a torch,
they set the brides on fire.

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And the charred bodies
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rolled to their deaths.
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The German woman
looked at me and said:

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'How shall I dig out
these eyes of mine?'

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Tell me. How?'
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[Screaming]

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