In the name of God.

Knives of glass
stealth from a dusty core,
impaling, en-trailing,
and de-railing lives,

stunned into a momentary silence
the earth shudders,
intruder alarms scream rape
while people, scream,

then a realization,
nightmare becomes reality,
and you
molecule in this waterfall of pain,

children sliced
like fresh fruit
search for parents
who are not there,

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poem by Brendan McCallum
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