guernica
pete shells exploding horses wailing lights flashing babies crying darkness coming planes screaming soldiers shouting everyone dying everything collapsing...

minutes pass

he cried, holding his leg in his hands. the world had ended. lights flashed and explosions roared, though he heard nothing but his inner thoughts.

minutes pass

she cried, holding his body close to hers. the wedding lasted less than a day. the world had ended. lights flashed and explosions roared, though she saw nothing but his broken body.

minutes pass

a song rose from the rubble, the moans of the wounded promising revenge, pleaing for mercy, finding god's touch cold and cruel. the world had ended. lights flashed and explosions roared, though the dead knew not what had happened.

mintues pass

the village was devastated, helpless.

minutes pass

"please use my body when i sleep..."
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pete 'Is this the way a toy feels when its batteries run dry?' 050712
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margaux i can't
ever forget
the first time
i saw
the images

claw hands
and spear-tip
tongues

mothers
crying out
"why, god, why?"
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what's it to you?
who go
blather
from