Confusion

People milling about

Screaming

At a makeshift hospital a mother cries for her child

Cameras follow through to the operating room

Where the child lies

The doctor screams at the camera

He sounds like he’s saying I’ll smash your face in

But when the translation comes

He’s saying

Show this to Putin

Because the child has died

 

Illusion

Last week they were going about their business

Late for the office

Trying to park the car

What’s for dinner, what’s for tea?

We’ll have to go to the shops

And get some food in

But now the office is a smouldering ruin

And the supermarket has gone

And dead bodies lie in the street

Let’s show this to Putin

Let him see what he has done