Midday, Midnight It was late one night after Days without sleep when her Body caved in and her Mind couldn’t keep so she Let darkness seep and Finally dozed off, alone in a Concrete box, her Back against the wall and Body curled Into a ball. Fires blazed in her city and men Shouted with anger between Bursts of gunfire like Death’s bloody choir, and amidst All of this she was Sleeping, harmlessly sleeping When a wondering soldier Chanced quiet upon her and Raped her and shot her and Ran to hide behind his State-funded armor. And just as she Died, noon in our time, we Stumbled out of beds to Begin again our days and Criticize potheads while thousands Died under a revolution that Ended in tortured, bloody shreds.
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