No Peace in this Rest by Kristina WoodhillBody bags
already unavailable,
a leg draped outside
a tarp, lax
still living, weary hands
heave dead weight
awkwardly dropping,
a last roll into
one of many
long burial trenches,
half full,
each corpse
compresses its neighbor,
inhuman contact its last
03/11/2022 Author's Note: Once again, the horrors of war.
Posted on 03/11/2022 Copyright © 2024 Kristina Woodhill
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