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Katharine Clifton: My darling. I'm waiting for you. How long is the day in the dark? Or a week? The fire is gone, and I'm horribly cold. I really should drag myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the paintings, not writing these words. We die. We die rich with lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we've entered and swum up like rivers. Fears we've hidden in - like this wretched cave. I want all this marked on my body. We are the real countries. Not boundaries drawn on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come carry me out to the Palace of Winds. That's what I've wanted: to walk in such a place with you. With friends, on an earth without maps. The lamp has gone out and I'm writing in the darkness
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''My darling
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''I'm waiting for you
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''How long is a day in the dark
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''Or a week
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''The fire is gone now
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and I'm horr horribly cold ''
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I really ought to drag myself outside
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but then there'd be the sun
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I'm afraid I waste the light
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on the paintings and on writing these words
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We die
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''We die
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''We die rich with lovers and tribes
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''tastes we have swallowed
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''bodies we have entered
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and swum up like rivers ''
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Fears we've hidden in
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like this wretched cave
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I want all this marked on my body
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We're the real countries
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Not the boundaries drawn on maps
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the names of powerful men
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I know you'll come and carry me out into the palace of winds
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That's all I've wanted
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to walk in such a place with you
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with friends
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An Earth without maps
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''The lamp's gone out
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''and I'm writing
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in the darkness ''
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Movie Summary
At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
