More news from Iraq, second of the April 11th trio. A "taking in the war" diary.
#9. The only road left
The dead were among at least 55 Iraqis killed in violence Tuesday….
--Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2007
Woman in a black abaya, clutching
a plastic bag. In the corner of his
eye the merchant sees her, lone woman
adrift amid 200 men. Someone’s
wife, the guard is thinking, someone’s mother,
watching as they mill outside the station,
these would-be new police of last resort.
She listens as they bluster, the idled
farmers, reaches her fine hand inside her
gown. Becomes fireball, severed limbs,
the bloody shower, gunfire aiming
for her dust and smoke. Another 19
die, just here, on this day. Nearby, it’s
boys playing ball. One is only six.
4/12/07
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