April 5, 2021

95/365

rainy day
dark sky

lazy couch
passing hour

twitter scrolling
gruesome post
decapitated bodies

whatthehellamiseeingisthisrealhowwillilookawayhowisthisallowedontwitterinthatvillageinour livesi’veneverseenanythinglikeitwewillstillsomehowliveandlaughandgoonwhiletheybleedandthe personpostingsayssomethinginfrenchandatthewritingofthispoemiwillnotknowwherethisis happeningorwhyorbywhomsomethingsimilarhappenedinnovemberinmozambiquetheconflictin cabodelgadoaregioninthenortheastcornerofmozambiquethatisrichinoilandgasintensified significantlylastyearisthisthesamethispostwasinfrenchatleast15civilianshavebeenkilledby militiameninavillageineasterndemocraticrepublicofthecongomenarmedwithmachetesattackedthe villageofbulongoinnorthkivuprovinceintheearlyhoursofmondayandsomeofthevictimswere beheadedthiswasismarch

new phone
room painted

shows watched
pie eaten

soft bed
violence distant

the blood was so red
and the heads
looked so real and fake
at the same time.

heart numb
poem written

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