Anti-War Talks Bombs

21,500 pools of blood.
Tigris River. 2 AM. A late-night heart negotiation
shattered. 78 living mannequins blackened by

21,500 pools of blood.
Crowded governments lost marathon killing. House
Democrats rolled parked cars, turned will, encouraged

21,500 pools of blood.
Thunderous blasts and dense debris--denuclearization
pending. Negotiators. Car bombs. Draft. Upside-down.

--Robert Woerheide

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