ASYLUM
A poem by Yuri Kageyama Feb. 26, 2022
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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
— —
She no longer draws but
Cuts papers of color
Into ferns and flowers
— — —
Hunger in Biafra
A scream in Vietnam
Van Gogh’s ear