Politics

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Kosovo

GOD!
HOW LONG?
BEFORE THE DESENSITIZATION COMES?
BEFORE I LOOK AT THE NEWS
WITHOUT WEEPING?
HOW LONG?
BEFORE I FORGET THAT THE BODIES ARE HUMAN?
BEFORE I CAN LIVE WITHOUT MEMORIES
OF CHILDREN'S TEARS
AND AGED BODIES OF PAIN?
BEFORE BLOOD DOESN'T BOTHER ME -
AND BANDAGES COVER
WOUNDS I CANNOT IMAGINE?
HOW LONG BEFORE I FORGET
THE TERROR IN THEIR EYES,
THE RAIN AND SNOW AND CHILDREN'S
RUNNY NOSES AND COUGHS?
TENTS?
HOW LONG BEFORE I QUIT WONDERING
HOW THE SUN CAN COME UP
AND THE STARS
STILL SHINE -
HOW LONG CAN THE POWERS THAT BE
AVOID THE BACK OF
YOUR HAND?
...ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH PRAYERS?
ENOUGH SUFFERING AND
DEATH?
AND HOW, OH, GOD, DO WE
COVER THESE SCARS?
HOW CAN WE EVER FORGET?
...AND GOD....
SHOULD WE?

Joan Clifton Costner
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