Tag Archives: War

Madama Butterfly

Posted on March 6, 2011 by The Survivor Chronicles

Time: 11:02 a.m., 9 August, 1945 Place: 1.8 km north of hypocenter, Nagasaki, Japan Act I Jigoku (Hell) All morning, the siren of cicadas electrifies the air while I weed the paddy. Hearing the throbs of a B-29, I search … Continue reading →

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Sadness

Posted on May 20, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

you are a vulture, picking my bones clean of memories. I don’t have time for you. I must keep moving, find food for my children, quiet in a temple, hold them to my breast away from terror. Do not flash … Continue reading →

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The Refugee Camp

Posted on May 20, 2010 by The Survivor Chronicles

two years on a ten by ten tarp   I feed the children  go to Temple under a thatch roof with no walls   I grow sprouts  sell sprouts no privacy, wait for the war to end   I buy water  sell water … Continue reading →

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