the blue and yellow blood (of the deputy mayor of kakhovka)

in kakhovka
the deputy mayor
is posting pictures
of war wounds

he believed
this
was a last form
of goodbye

they saved him
though

that world
is full of heroes
of all kinds

kharkiv and kyiv
are getting blasted

reporters say
the ground shakes
as though
a live thing

invasion
takes no heed
of what

or who
or how

or
why

~

one inch
one foot
one yard –
call it
a meter –
will do

one foot

another yard

another metre

destroy it
as you go

make sure
that it
all
goes up in smoke

black and grey
and brown

make sure

~

in kakhovka
the deputy mayor
is still alive
you know

for a second

for
a minute

call it
another hour

his heart
is beating
blue
and yellow
blood

~

From the News.