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Golden Door

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Hellicane: Poets Respond to Hurricane Katrina

But in the dream, you do not leave us Instead as we are sinking, sinking You dive down to us in the mournful black Water, and pull us up into sweet air, up to the rising sun Up to America

In this dream, you cannot leave us Something holds you and keeps you there Until all souls, all souls are remembered Until finally love, love Only love

Brings us all the way back home

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“Golden Door,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26350.

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