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Bosnia, March, 1994, from an NPR interview with a 15-year-old Muslim girl.  Serbian forces were shelling the area we occupied. We tried to persuade her it would be safer to lie on the ground, as we were doing. She was indifferent and seemed to ignore us. She stood and talked freely amidst the  noise. She told us she liked country music and that school was getting boring and in the same casual tone asked us, ‘How long are people going to watch us die?’ She said she liked country music Exploding sky, color of death Exploding bodies Men, children, women Terror pounding ears like the heart beats of a four legged veal marsala waiting to die Putrid flesh, burning houses, torched spirits 15-year-old girl Steel eyes melting under the heat of genocide Imploding mind, split into a thousand screams Only war By whatever means Deafening anguish Running, deafening heart in throat, running She said she liked country music 24, 41, 32 15 years old This one here 82, 12, 7 years old Said she liked... Tie her wrists Neighbor, aunt, niece Liked count---try music Tighter Grandmother, sister Spread her legs And that school was getting boring Spread her legs Daughter, mother, wife And that school was getting... Tears running down the blood            running down the legs            running down the Savage streets filled with broken Coke bottles Wider, shove it, shove it Coke bottles shove it Spread them wider Shove it Shove it ….  in 15-year-old girl 13, 7 Faster, faster Knife in hand on throat in blood All the way,   IN Who cares Fear disguised as hatred Turning ***** into bullets Piercing flesh Piercing humanity Just a female, just a body, just a toy Was getting boring No life, no more, no more Then she turned to us and said how long... Exploding wombs, death Eyeballs peeling off in horror How long... She said... Blood, legs, open, ****** open She said... Point of knife, ****** in ****** in center Center of humanity How long will... ****** who cares? Piece of meat Feed our revenge Feed our war machines Feed our weakness for power Shove it in The NY Times today stated that the UN council on human rights abuse has agreed that systematic **** is possibly being used by Serb forces as a tool for genocide against the Bosnian Muslims and that as such, may be viewed as a violation of international law.  A warning will be issued to the... A warning will be issued to the... A warning... She said how long... After two years Brutal rapes After two years 20,000 30,000 Systematic rapes possibly being used 50,000 Before, who cares International law Only now they decide to act   Genocide, So what How long will... That systematic **** ***** like lead bullets Is possibly being... Harder ****** the ******* thing all the way in Then she said... Wider And then she... Wider, Wider ***** And then she... Get another, she’s dead, get another And then... Get another ******* ***** And then she said... ******* ***** She said ******* ***** She turned to us and said......    How  long are people going to watch us die?
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 3:35 PM UTC
For The Women Of Bosnia
Bosnia, March, 1994, from an NPR interview with a 15-year-old Muslim girl.  Serbian forces were shelling the area we occupied. We tried to persuade her it would be safer to lie on the ground, as we were doing. She was indifferent and seemed to ignore us. She stood and talked freely amidst the  noise. She told us she liked country music and that school was getting boring and in the same casual tone asked us, ‘How long are people going to watch us die?’ She said she liked country music Exploding sky, color of death Exploding bodies Men, children, women Terror pounding ears like the heart beats of a four legged veal marsala waiting to die Putrid flesh, burning houses, torched spirits 15-year-old girl Steel eyes melting under the heat of genocide Imploding mind, split into a thousand screams Only war By whatever means Deafening anguish Running, deafening heart in throat, running She said she liked country music 24, 41, 32 15 years old This one here 82, 12, 7 years old Said she liked... Tie her wrists Neighbor, aunt, niece Liked count---try music Tighter Grandmother, sister Spread her legs And that school was getting boring Spread her legs Daughter, mother, wife And that school was getting... Tears running down the blood            running down the legs            running down the Savage streets filled with broken Coke bottles Wider, shove it, shove it Coke bottles shove it Spread them wider Shove it Shove it ….  in 15-year-old girl 13, 7 Faster, faster Knife in hand on throat in blood All the way,   IN Who cares Fear disguised as hatred Turning ***** into bullets Piercing flesh Piercing humanity Just a female, just a body, just a toy Was getting boring No life, no more, no more Then she turned to us and said how long... Exploding wombs, death Eyeballs peeling off in horror How long... She said... Blood, legs, open, ****** open She said... Point of knife, ****** in ****** in center Center of humanity How long will... ****** who cares? Piece of meat Feed our revenge Feed our war machines Feed our weakness for power Shove it in The NY Times today stated that the UN council on human rights abuse has agreed that systematic **** is possibly being used by Serb forces as a tool for genocide against the Bosnian Muslims and that as such, may be viewed as a violation of international law.  A warning will be issued to the... A warning will be issued to the... A warning... She said how long... After two years Brutal rapes After two years 20,000 30,000 Systematic rapes possibly being used 50,000 Before, who cares International law Only now they decide to act   Genocide, So what How long will... That systematic **** ***** like lead bullets Is possibly being... Harder ****** the ******* thing all the way in Then she said... Wider And then she... Wider, Wider ***** And then she... Get another, she’s dead, get another And then... Get another ******* ***** And then she said... ******* ***** She said ******* ***** She turned to us and said......    How  long are people going to watch us die?
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Aug 13, 2014
Aug 13, 2014 at 3:35 PM UTC
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