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The soldier

September 14, 2012 by · No comments

Claudia Serea

Claudia Serea
Photo: Rhys Asplundh

I follow orders
to hit/
push/
shove/
those who couldn’t
possibly be
my mother/
brother/
father.

I pluck and gather
men and women
at gunpoint,

tulips of tears.

I squeeze the trigger
gently, gently

but their bodies
aren’t worth
my bullets.

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