It does. I love the way it switches the emotional negative of closing your heart and house to a positive, or, at least, a necessity. Offhand I can think of a dozen poems that tell about opening one's heart and ask to leave the house doors open, and this one is a very necessary counterpoint.
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Gives new meaning to: having your doors blown off! ;)
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A dozen and you're not sharing? Hmmm
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https://youtu.be/DvSwTTZ5mC4?t=60 https://sites.google.com/site/poetryandtranslations/bulat-okudzhava/song-of-the-open-door
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