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This is not happening. This was never here. No, you must be mistaken. We checked the records. Nothing was found. A church bell does not ring. A house does not burn. A road does not vanish. A name does not fade. A mother does not carry her child across a border that does not exist. A child does not drive seven souls through a war that does not happen. A land that never was is now confirmed to be nothing at all. We regret to inform you: The past is no longer available. The pre

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Rupen Khajag

Rupen Khajag is a Canadian-Armenian poet. Some of his short poems can be read at the Armenian Poetry Project.

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  1. Beautiful and moving poem, capturing the final effects of genocide, its denial, and cultural erasure.

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