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"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead."

Anna Akhmatova, Russian Poet

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"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead."

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"All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead."

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