In a War
by Viola Lee
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what happens
in a war
this can not
be summed up
in a sentence
or two
the whole
question
is an academic one
morals
are never involved
there is no
structure
and there is no
grace
the only resolution
is that
there is not one
bombs going
bodies
like fishes
sputtering
in the heat
words
like immoral
wrong injustice
but no one
understands
what happens
in a war
it is very clear
bodies
burned
in thin air
like cigarette ash
explosions
one neighborhood
to the next
what happens
in a war
bodies taken
families
devouring
bodies
flooding
grounds
countries
divided
by language
by dirt
stone sand
what happens
in war
ration
this piece
divide this
by thousands
by names
by hair types
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