flowers of war
Sep 12, 2022
by nematullah ahangosh
most stories end up beautiful
only some end so awful
like when the bullets,
pregnant as almonds,
fast as fear
pierce like glass
the skins on streets of Kabul
beautiful stories?
i don’t even know what that is
you mean flowers of war?
oh? i know those!
they are survivors
like sheep grazing on the fields of others
with trembling legs
fearing the field owners will arrive
and chase them like wolves
