ASYLUM

A poem by Yuri Kageyama Feb. 26, 2022

She barely remembers the rape

Monsters grow only in drugless sleep

She is well taken care of

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Air raid on Tokyo

Baghdad

Dresden

Ukraine

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She no longer draws but

Cuts papers of color

Into ferns and flowers

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Hunger in Biafra

A scream in Vietnam

Van Gogh’s ear