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salt water in my canteen

Ismet wrote a special poem. If I had to recite a poem from memory, this would be the one. The poem talks about how when you reach the threshold of your friends, your diasporan brothers, the pogrom begins. The poem also mentions the West Indies, which is where Ismet is from. So the poem is special to Ismet because it is about his home.

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salt water in my canteen

I was told I had to go on a long trip. The first place I was going was the West Indies, which is a new continent that is not in America but somewhere in the west. Then I was going to the Red Apple, which is a place in the Ottoman Empire. After that, I was going to Itachi, which is the hometown of Odysseus, who went on a long journey after fighting in Troy. Finally, I was going to Machin, which is another name for China and is used in fairy tales.

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salt water in my canteen

This poem is very powerful. It can bring life into existence, end a life, start a new adventure, prevent any progress, make someone stay in one place or keep them moving, give someone ambition, and take away all their energy. This poem is the strongest form of Turkish, wow!

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salt water in my canteen

Ismet Ízel is a poem about a person who has been forced to leave their home and is now homeless. The poem shows how Heidegger, the person in the poem, is feeling about this situation.

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salt water in my canteen

Ismet wrote a poem about how many of us feel disconnected from ourselves, even when we are far away from the people we care about. He expresses this feeling with the line "What is distance? For me, who lives far away even from yourself..." He is asking why we have this longing to be close to people, even when we are far away from ourselves.

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salt water in my canteen

I carry a poem in my wallet that is one of the most shocking pieces of writing in the history of our country. It is written in very small letters and I keep it with me all the time. The poem talks about feeling disconnected from the world and also about schizophrenia.

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