Art after War

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A photo of a mural, known as the "Kyiv Avenger" in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a painting of a Ukrainian soldier in full gear, sitting in a field of grain with a long, Ukrainian flag laid out behind them. The soldier weaves together small, battle airships.
Photo by Daria Strategy on Unsplash

Luminous—the ink you pour
around bullet holes
to paint blooms

pain turned to
petals, terror—to
style and stigma

Ovaries fill with
juice, and we too learn:
lives are fragile & can get broken

As for life, it says yes
Always—yes

No use
denying it

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