Drop Zone
Drop Zone
(contest entered “Make their jaws drop”)
Singing and her little jaw dropping and closing for tune and
amazing melodies enchanting the maize to mature
Fatima was herding the sheep after school
beautiful a child of nature innocent humming
Just one animal at a time nurtured wandering
wondering slaughtered sacrificed in time for food
when water would come for the garden and soul
the thunder approaching bringing gifts droplets of growth
Heaven ignited a lullaby combusting when explosive torrents descended
liquefied imprinted her little mind again and once more
The bombs brought tears and fears desolation
fire shrapnel on impact from Gods of greed and exploitation
Fatima’s tune and prayers stopped in time for sheepish
scattering shattering bleeding disembowelment
Her jaw dropped one final time when the bones crushed
and she and her dismembered jaw fell to the ground
27th May 2016
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