Don't Mess With The Post
The bare facts: they killed six and wounded seventeen
When a coward's rockets destroyed the Kharkiv Post.
Another crime to add to the burgeoning list.
I got used to loss at the Post when very young;
Christmas 70: my first job when still at school.
We started together, a young student and I.
Later that day, her bike was crushed by a lorry.
I was working the vans; everyone rushed to help.
I recall her screams as they tried to pull her free.
She died. My memory is of community;
A silent workplace mourning one they barely knew.
In Kharkiv, I’m sure they’re made of similar stuff.
Accidents will happen; murder doesn’t have to.
A reckoning will come. You don’t mess with the Post.
Stephen Gospage
Sat 28th Oct 2023 08:20
Thank you, John and Uilleam. Yes, it was quite a tough first day at work, but the solidarity of the postal workers was humbling.
And thanks to Nigel, Graham, Greg, Frederick, Hélène, Holden, John and Manish for liking.