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A basement. A small radio plays a folk song. A girl draws a sunflower on a cardboard box. She adds a blue sky. Tenth angel: the one who draws a future in a shelter.

Outside now. A courtyard with a single linden tree. Two old men play chess on a concrete slab. One has a bandaged hand. No one speaks. The third angel: silence between men who have seen tanks. LS---Ukrainian--Gentle--Angels-Sets-01-13

Night. A candle on a windowsill. A woman writes in a notebook, then closes it. She touches the glass. Outside, a curfew-empty street. Fifth angel: the one who writes down names so no one disappears. A basement

A man sweeping the steps of a damaged church. He pauses, touches a bullet hole in the doorframe. He resumes sweeping. Eleventh angel: the one who cleans without being asked. She adds a blue sky