they lost the sea a long time ago. they had to believe in the country as ascendant, powerful again. all they made off that land in the east, farming it, working it, was indispensable to the world. so roll the dice, old school style with tanks and battalions. the one in power decided it for them, the time was now, give your grown men for the military, the only chance was by land. a great many families got crushed up and swallowed. for what? by omission the whole thing was a lie. #katyamills
Monthly Archives: March 2022
signs
tiger strides over to kiss his brother
when i begged them not to fight
mom is ghosting and i feel it
letting its leaves hang this plant asks for water
a dove nesting above the door
another sign from god
#katyamills
march 29
we were young
the wilderness was calling
ice broke up on the river
startling the eyes the stars
the skies
#katyamills
kharkiv
a school teacher two months ago
drawing figures on a board
now a colonel in the Ukrainian army
fights side by side with his son
25 miles from the border
telling any Russian soldier within earshot
you better run
#katyamills
ice.breaker
when the ice finally broke
it wasn’t the hammer cracked it up
it was the warmth
#katyamills
look
years after the rescue my tiger finally lets me gaze into his eyes
#katyamills
dys.con
the internet was fibre
the optics stunning
our voices crystal in bluetooth synchronicity
the algorithms matched for reconnaissance
like hereditary genes and
why why why how why
do we not connect
land
the questions
they do not land
let us prepare the tea
and with the sunset
be
#katyamills
we locked eyes in a dream
we locked eyes in a dream we
locked eyes and upon awakening it seemed
this dream was no longer a dream
why would you hunt me?
my love it can kill you
on contact
#katyamills
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