Saturday, May 10, 2014

Wadi

Scream -- a Tomcat:
a blur and afterburn.

Sere field of rocks,
jagged as the panicked talk

from near that mud-brick
hovel.  Shots fired;

a metallic ping:  the echo
hangs in the air (cold wash of fear)

with the choking red dust.
God must be with us.

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