BELFAST – BEIRUT
Explosion.
From being whole and alive
in an instant’s whim
they become shattered, decimated scraps
of what they once had been.
Dead. Maimed. Footless, legless, eyeless.
Shovels, plastic bags.
A sorry harvest.
Instant comment
Hard news.
Instant viewing in colour
with action replay.
Committed to computer
to be resurrected at will.
Yesterday’s people.