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New life in dying Aleppo

Posted on August 21, 2016 by trillium24

The newborn, screaming, red-faced, held by his feet, upside-down, slapped, pinched into that first cry, his first breath angry, the mother unconscious, gutted on the table, her leg broken, her arm broken, hauled in 9-months pregnant, shrapnel in her belly, the … Continue reading →

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In the dream

Posted on June 10, 2014 by trillium24

There is no end to the darkness above my face – the darkness, moonless and without stars. Below me, a small mound of palest light fits stark and clean on the root of night. No movement sensed in the silence, … Continue reading →

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