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An agreement to set up an Independent International Commission on Decommissioning is signed by the B

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For Yasser Arafat with Love

Lebanese boy in lighted khaki dancing On planks; Cretan autumn moon Swimming in fronds of tamarisk; Boats wavering to the throb Of underwater. Music fails. The boy, vibrant as a young cedar, Makes his feet move to a sound Which is beyond us, at variance with sea, Moment and movement, our breath Stilled, fearing the endlessness; the end – Comes down to the screak of wood On the instant the music returns. The Cretan town of Agia