WE have been reminded
of what barbarity
is all about, the dead
and the gaunt refugee

the despair seen again
from a war in Ukraine,
agony of the bridge
blown, the bombed-out fridge

so spectral of onslaught
blitzing a border taught.
I improvise for now,
the footage in colour.

What, of escalation?
killing the civilian.

On Day 11

CHRISTOPHER TRUMAN
NW5