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Stolen dog

 

A soldier kicked down the door and stole a yelping dog,

the children sobbed while their mother cursed god.

 

Later the widows were blown out, the roof glowed red

against a ghostly bone white moon.

 

The dog curled itself to sleep beneath a different flag

after filling its belly for the first time in weeks.

 

This poem is based on an event I witnessed in the H2 area ...

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