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Aug 6
there pigeon  l
                               a
                                   Y _
      
blood dripping from  f ~ e ~ a ~t ~h ~e ~r ~s

                          glazed eyes wounded
                               a passerby filed passed
          angry little boy
                                   kicked
venting RAGE    of
                                  L i F e

in a township flat __\_< >

                       bird rolled forward
                      onto railway line
                              |.  
  |
                              |.
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                              |.
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will to live extinguished                   Ex ex eeeee
                  on its tiny Heart beat   []{}#%^*+=
                      pumping
pumping
                 half-living blood

breathing silent it lay
            eyelids opened in blazing Sun UuuUuNnN                     Son-SuuuunNn
            chicks long past gone    &&&
                seeking their own worms ~~~~
                     in loamy fertile soil    :::::::::
                                             ::::::::::::::::::..
boy mocked with bright
conquering eyes
                              @    @

                     brown irises in wonder
               at  dull dying WILL            will Will die
tried to reach  f
                        e
                    e
                      B
                         l
                  e
              body
with spidery fingers
                              dirt encrusted nails \/ \/

        ran off ~>> repulsed
             a woman died with moist
                 eyes drip
                                 p
                                    InG
                blood…….—————|||||||

an
__unnecessary DEATH
she walked             ^^^^                  HOME
questing her                              STAR
                                        
                                *        
                                  *
©GhairoDanielsPoetry
Ghairo Daniels
Written by
Ghairo Daniels  F/South Africa
(F/South Africa)   
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