poem 29: the quake

dis mem ber ment

dissolution

of

members

crumbled

beneath

pavement

chopped

by

concrete

left

rancid

by

rain and humidity

and maggots

there are no boundaries

to stench

to suffering

to pain

to hunger

walking amidst

cracked childhoods

splintered bones

evisceratedmothers

you cannot see

where screams begin

or end

but just pray

and listen

mother earth

has spoken

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