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Magnet (Kharkiv, 25 May 2024)

A magnet hung in the big, bright store,

Between the household and the sport,

When down came a pair of guided bombs

And more innocent lives were cut short.

 

Far away across the border,

Pampered strategists play chess;

They do not know the victims,

And are bothered even less.

 

This is the new reality

Of war devoid of shame,

Where women, men and children

Becom...

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Still Life with Massacre

 

It’s clever how they’ve set this up:

A bowl of fruit,

A jar,

A china dog,

An iron bar (an iron bar?)

 

Behind – some crumpled remains,

The stench of rotting heaps

Of defenceless women and men.

Still, no one can see or smell this,

So that’s all right then.

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