AucklandPoetry.com presents Poet Resident JAN OSKAR HANSEN on http://OSKAR.AUCKLANDPOETRY.COM

Thursday, February 08, 2007

mine layers

Mine Layers.

Tiny mines, look like toys,
dropped near homes in Lebanon
Puffs of smoke, loss of a boy’s
limbs, eyes…or a broken mind.
Maimed for life he won’t join
the ranks of Hezbollah fighters
and become an evil terrorist.

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