Friday, May 23, 2008

The bombing

The baby reaches up to touch
The fan on the toy mobile
Grasping the fan, the baby giggles.
It stretches for its mother for a cuddle.

The bomb that killed Sadako intrudes.

The invisible force litters streets with rubble.
And corpses.
And the little fan.
And the scraps of a pram.

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