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Entering The Lung
Entering The Lung
OF SOVIET WINTERS

OF SOVIET WINTERS

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Neko Case
Nov 27, 2022
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Entering The Lung
Entering The Lung
OF SOVIET WINTERS
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My standing frequency sounds

Like the tanks 

Of the Soviet winters

And I wasn’t even there

How do I know the sounds

Of the crunching of snow

Of Soviet winters?

Nalyeva! Naprava! 

Nalyeva! Ostanovka!

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