the morning after

[tamperevident]

the morning after
the announcement of war
i saw an older man at a bus stop, with an open bottle of wine
drinking it down in one gulp, then depositing the bottle
in the trash, before getting on the bus to work.
i wondered
if he was Ukrainian or Russian
his pain plainly visible in daylight
but only to me
who also stayed up all night, drunk with grief and was

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[papoose]

I'm sorry.