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child- small voices sag bomb-smoke rises from the ground far off, birds still shake Billy Striker blown to Holland, the north sea wind took weeks to fall beforemourn chimneys slate rooves yawn hunger, one cigarette draws breath moon crater on the road to Derry, limousine sarcophagus lands siren scream and scrape tears rigor mortis frozen; the sea now quiet hands across water missing fingers, Gabriel silent, the watcher he’d stopped to look smile asking the time of day, pressing the trigger one small death for man one giant death for mankind, eyes search behind moons bicycle wheel turns awkward lazy arm protrudes broken flaying skin obliteration, scalpel dissects argument camera’s detail a.m. paper print fortresses build stone by verse each wall a chapter retaliation, leopard stalking, counter plot begun in blueprint burnt flesh of kingdoms republic’s frost bitten dogs bark anger blood *** interrogation, splattered kneecap agreement hands shaking silence investigation, no stone unmoved, evidence a silent quarry old man keeping dust one eye swollen, hunching armour his grief in buckets MChallis © 2015
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Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 9:53 PM UTC
The Road to Retaliation
child- small voices sag bomb-smoke rises from the ground far off, birds still shake Billy Striker blown to Holland, the north sea wind took weeks to fall beforemourn chimneys slate rooves yawn hunger, one cigarette draws breath moon crater on the road to Derry, limousine sarcophagus lands siren scream and scrape tears rigor mortis frozen; the sea now quiet hands across water missing fingers, Gabriel silent, the watcher he’d stopped to look smile asking the time of day, pressing the trigger one small death for man one giant death for mankind, eyes search behind moons bicycle wheel turns awkward lazy arm protrudes broken flaying skin obliteration, scalpel dissects argument camera’s detail a.m. paper print fortresses build stone by verse each wall a chapter retaliation, leopard stalking, counter plot begun in blueprint burnt flesh of kingdoms republic’s frost bitten dogs bark anger blood *** interrogation, splattered kneecap agreement hands shaking silence investigation, no stone unmoved, evidence a silent quarry old man keeping dust one eye swollen, hunching armour his grief in buckets MChallis © 2015
Written at a time at the height of the conflict in Northern Ireland - sadly still relevant today in another setting and context.
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Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 9:53 PM UTC
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