Dresden - 13th February, 1945

Several days before the anniversary of the bombing
of Dresden, I was given this LINK and a photocopy
of the article. I found it extremely difficult to read and
I still have not read every single word. But what
I did read gave me the following poem. Mankind as
a collective has a lot to answer for. A harsh statement,
but one I think is true nonetheless.

birds of war hover
on metal wings
weighed down with
the unspeakable

incendiary eggs; one
for every two fragile
targets

Dresden doll, face
baked crystalline on the
wall; umbilicus sailed
through a window,
birth died in the fall

filigree lace tattered
porcelain slivers
sliced open ruby lips
never ever to meet
in a kiss

from inside the
Church on the Hill
'V' for Victory
shouted, one man's
thrill--revenge

decimate Dresden's lace

Love,