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"15 and 16"


she was taken
from a distance
removed, she watched 
her mother die
15

the sky bleeds
blue now

echoes in the 
cloudy eyes of 
a helpless mother 
watching her daughter
and innocence die

the warm jets 
from bilious 
billionaires
well fed 
by conceits

through fear
15 and 16
never arrive 

they are late, as always
busy watching Oscars
and comedians cry

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)




"Echoes"/Pink Floyd
https://youtu.be/53N99Nim6WE






“Overhead the albatross
Hangs motionless upon the air
And deep beneath the rolling waves
In labyrinths of coral caves
The echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand ...”

“And no one sings me lullabies
And no one makes me close my eyes
So I throw the windows wide
And call to you across the sky …”













15, 16 

“ITV News hears allegations of Russian troops filming rape of 15-year-old Ukraine girl “ /ITV News -

https://youtu.be/4cJ_YmhL62Y

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-03-29/itv-news-hears-allegations-of-russian-troops-filming-rape-of-15-year-old-girl





F-15, F-16 Fighting Falcons 
https://www.diffen.com/difference/F-15_vs_F-16_Fighting_Falcon



Actor Sean Penn appealed to world's billionaires to buy fighter jets and air defense systems for AFU
Source:
https://censor.net/en/n3330657/


Newsweek / Sean Penn Calls on Billionaires to Buy Military Equipment for Ukraine
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-live-strike-inside-russia-war-vladimir-putin-update-zelensky-1694125


AFU = Armed Forces of Ukraine
https://www.facebook.com/kpszsu

Ministry of Defence, Ukraine
https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/


Billionaires / 2022
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/richest-people-in-the-world-2022/



The Oscars & Ukraine
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/03/27/sean-penn-oscars-ukraine-zelensky/

https://deadline.com/2022/03/2022-oscars-2022-ukraine-and-politics-at-the-academy-awards-1234988548/

https://www.thethings.com/amy-schumer-slammed-for-insensitive-ukraine-joke-academy-awards/

The G.I. Jane Joke. 





LYRICS/"Echoes", Pink Floyd
https://genius.com/Pink-floyd-echoes-lyrics










CLOSE THE SKY/Ukraine 
https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine

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Date: 4/12/2022 12:38:00 AM
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Date: 4/12/2022 12:39:00 AM
https://www.itv.com/news/2022-03-29/itv-news-hears-allegations-of-russian-troops-filming-rape-of-15-year-old-girl
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Date: 4/12/2022 12:38:00 AM
“ITV News hears allegations of Russian troops filming rape of 15-year-old Ukraine girl “ ITV News https://youtu.be/4cJ_YmhL62Y
Date: 4/12/2022 12:36:00 AM
Stories of sexual violence against Ukrainian women from Russian forces - BBC News /BBC News - ---- https://youtu.be/ZgtXV9VBxEE
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Date: 4/12/2022 12:43:00 AM
Ukrainian Survivor Of Russian Kidnapping And Rape Shares Her Story / NBC News - ---- https://youtu.be/wGeGJF0e1gs
Date: 4/6/2022 8:49:00 PM
‘The new Auschwitz’: Ukraine accuses Russia of turning Mariupol into a ‘death camp / News.com - ---- https://youtu.be/8SiLctAP5g8
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Date: 4/5/2022 8:06:00 PM
Teen sisters 'raped' as horrors from Ukrainian town cut off for 35 days emerge | ITV News - ---- https://youtu.be/8ER-RI3GO_M
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Date: 4/5/2022 6:45:00 PM
Horrific. There are yet another thousand cuts gone unnoticed, witnessed by the void alone
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Date: 4/5/2022 8:03:00 PM
I don't know how a person can watch this unravel in front of their eyes (and at that, behind a computer screen) and not cry. It is so very very sad, so very wrong ... the Western leaders/free world "leaders" have not "lead", they have procrastinated until Ukraine has been savaged (the extent of the barbarism not fully uncovered yet) ...and 'we' have ALL reached this point. There can be no going back, or forgiving Russia, it will be a war until either Russia defeats Ukraine, or Ukraine has victory, but Ukraine will not succeed on their own, which means, we are all entering further into WWWIII. I fear this is just the early stages of that particular Hell.
Date: 4/4/2022 6:09:00 AM
Zelensky to Russian soldiers' mothers: Even if you raised looters, how did they become butchers? - ---- https://youtu.be/P72_DNt_Btg
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Date: 4/3/2022 9:46:00 PM
Ukraine's president appears in video message at 2022 Grammys / Guardian - ---- https://youtu.be/GLQiy6HELQQ
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Date: 4/3/2022 9:46:00 PM
https://youtu.be/GLQiy6HELQQ
Date: 4/1/2022 5:45:00 PM
CLOSE THE SKY/Ukraine
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Date: 4/1/2022 5:47:00 PM
F-15 & F-16 Fighting Falcon https://www.diffen.com/difference/F-15_vs_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
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Date: 4/1/2022 5:45:00 PM
https://www.openpetition.eu/petition/online/people-around-the-world-ask-nato-to-close-the-airspace-over-ukraine
Date: 4/1/2022 5:45:00 PM
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Date: 4/1/2022 5:46:00 PM
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Date: 4/1/2022 5:45:00 PM
“ITV News hears allegations of Russian troops filming rape of 15-year-old Ukraine girl “ ITV News https://youtu.be/4cJ_YmhL62Y

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