Exit<\/p>\n

Just when hope withers, the visa is granted.
\nThe door opens to a street like in the movies,
\nclean of people, of cats; except it is your street
\nyou are leaving. A visa has been granted,
\n“provisionally”-a fretful word.
\nThe windows you have closed behind
\nyou are turning pink, doing what they do
\nevery dawn. Here it’s gray. The door
\nto the taxicab waits. This suitcase,
\nthe saddest object in the world.
\nWell, the world’s open. And now through
\nthe windshield the sky begins to blush
\nas you did when your mother told you
\nwhat it took to be a woman in this life.<\/p>\n

Rita Dove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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