Journey of Words

on Ukraine

Punch, counter-punchStab, thrust, bombAll the mothers knowLottery of life and deathHolds them at knife-pointIs this the final dice rollOr just another false dawnA fake news dayEdging then along until they hearThe boy’s key in the lockOr the postie’s fateful knock~ n.b. And so it goes on, more vicious by the day, more so by night.… 

Punch, counter-punch
Stab, thrust, bomb
All the mothers know
Lottery of life and death
Holds them at knife-point
Is this the final dice roll
Or just another false dawn
A fake news day
Edging then along until they hear
The boy’s key in the lock
Or the postie’s fateful knock

~

n.b. And so it goes on, more vicious by the day, more so by night.

CLP 02/06/2025

The author

Chris Perry

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