Wednesday, March 09, 2022

The Day the Maternity Hospital Was Bombed



Snowing with birdsong

mallards returning in pairs

silhouettes flying in smoke

the ground softens

yielding to the march of men

dazed by the beauty of weapons

crazed by the beauty of blood








—bottom photo a screenshot from the front page of The New York Times, 3/8/22
"Neither the woman nor the baby could be saved." —NYT, 3/14/22