.   There is no white linen left,

       no bandage or dressings

          nor gauze nor straps.

       There are no plasters or

      slings nor strings or binds

    nor splints or lints nor wraps.

     There's but your kite, its tail

       I hold beneath the rubble,

      it flies, it testifies and *****.





For Refaat Alareer

25th December 2023.