Strafed by snipers, still standing in Yugoslavia.*
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
She hangs her laundry
From wrought iron balcony.
Bullet strafings mark
The white-washed brick.
Alongside.
Neighbour down the hall.
Almost curtains yesterday.
As he hiked empty streets.
To the bakery.
Open Wednesdays and Fridays.
If rifle fire not too bad.
Along the baker’s route.
Town become just a bunch
Of trembling hide-outs.
Central open market closed.
After mass shootings one Saturday.
Twenty one lost.
Just standing in line.
Counting their coins.
Empty concert hall
College classrooms
Soccer fields.
Swings and sandboxes.
Public garden plots
Full of garbage.
Their beloved City.
Under daily fire.
From those rebellious Hills.
Can’t even imagine
The extent of it.
Her line of laundry
Shows the only bright colours.
Bless the Woman.
Clinging hard.
Two kids inside.
Colouring.
Thinking of Dad, out there.
* the former name of this ravaged district.
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Written on February 09, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 09, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 09, 2023
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