A small ruby-throated gift

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A small ruby-throated gift

In a Cold War spring (1960) Soviets captured an American spy plane pilot. His surname was . . . Powers. “… And kingdoms rise / And kingdoms fall / But you go on / And on” — U2 (October, 1981)

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