why, why did you
walk alone at midnight
loud and piercing --
she scrubs herself in the shower
over and over
in dim barlight
the drinking buddy mumbles,
I was snatched
from my teenage mother’s arms
then became a statistic
Added:
gray rain clouds ...
scratched and bullet-riddled
kindergarten wall
FYI: BBC News, Oct 3: First underground school to be built in Kharkiv
Ukraine says more than 360 educational facilities have been destroyed and over 3,000 damaged since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022....In September, more than 1,000 pupils started their new school year at five underground stations in Kharkiv...
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war cemetery
birthday on this tombstone
uncarved
Added:
the clicking
of TV cameras ...
his finger gun
FYI: USA Today, Oct. 1: Trump calls for police to shoot shoplifters as they leave the store.
“Very simply, if you rob a store, you can fully expect to be shot as you are leaving that store,” former president Donald Trump said in Anaheim, Calif., outlining his vision for a second term at the convention of the state's Republican Party
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