15 and 16
"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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