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Monday, April 24, 2006

dear god

...............YOU
maybe....................hover like that above us because you need

distance from the earth

to see the bodies of your children, broken into
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..................................................................................e...............e
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so far.............................................................far away from home.

6 comments:

Russell CJ Duffy said...

how could anyone NOT comment on this?
needle sharp and straight. love it!

Russell CJ Duffy said...

PS. good to see you back and good to see you writing here too!

{illyria} said...

thanks, cj. just suddenly appalled about the war and all.

Russell CJ Duffy said...

me too hon, me too. jamie, my son, flies out to afghanistan soon. frightens me rigid. not just the thought of him, gods forbid, being hurt or worse, but the whole stupid and tragic politics behind it all.
sick.

Inkblot said...

my god thats a stunner!

{illyria} said...

cocaine jesus >> oh, cj. i've been out of the loop. i wish your jamie well. but i'm sure he's got a lot of his dad's strength in him.

inkblot >> thanks very much.