It is
Tearstained
From seeing
Bloodstained
Sheets and streets
And flour sacks

And empty pots
And bloated bellies
And gaunt faces
And sunken ribcages
And trembling unblinking children
And split skulls
And spilled guts
And limbs gathered in carrier bags

And corpse
After corpse
After corpse
After corpse
After corpse
After corpse
After—

So many dead
So, so many dead
And so many
Too many
So
So
Tiny

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  1. sudan, burma, gaza, it is very sad what evil devises. let us be just as desperate to do good

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