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Church interior, Alabama or Tennessee: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
The wings of the dove passed over
this ungiving land
What was left behind
save narrowed minds
forlorn hope
and that ramshackle
doorway sleeper's
desire for shelter
Church of the Nazarene, Tennessee: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Church, Southeastern U.S.: photo by Walker Evans, 1936
Photos from Farm Security Administration Collection, Library of Congress
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