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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