Sunday 10 September 2017

Bathing the civilian dead




Bathing the civilian dead

Writhing trees in bitter rainfall
Two birds, dog fight planes.
Inky cottage shoulders mist
leaking smoke and steam.
It burns within, it is lived in.
In the shrieking canopy
gunshots – multiple rounds.
Stillness then an urgent gust,
a fresh wave of camphor water
rainfall bitter in trees writhing.

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