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Performance (Kryvyi Rih 5.4.25)

Twenty dead so far……..

 

I wonder if they get an extra mark

For killing kids or snuffing babies out?

On their twisted scale of staff incentives,

Perhaps their bonus swells at all such scalps;

Perhaps their backs are slapped at each week’s end.

They say that talks for peace are well on track,

But we see little sign of it round here.

We feel the foul, malignant breath of b...

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Animals

Thanks to Patricia & Stefan for getting me thinking about this topic again.......

 

 

Animals

 

this lion was sat there

being a lion

when a man

who beat his wife and kids

shot him

through the head

and used his fur

for a rug

 

this alligator was sat there

being an alligator

when a man

who raped a child

thrust a spear

int...

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