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He Would Not Tell Us by llaykorn: 11:00am On Aug 03, 2017 |
When dawn came, it came with silence and the smells of putrid flesh, silence for all the women who had mastered the art of crying into themselves like water fountains that sat in squares that are no more squares but mighty holes in the soil where some of them sank. He was busy teaching us the right way to cup our hands when we pray. Nobody told him that the problem wasn't about cupping, that we were just looking for a helpful adult who would scrub the 'g' in God off our throats every time we tried to whisper a prayer and we choked on smoke, on our words. He would not tell us why our words were smoke, why there was a fire in us that had burnt our bones - if the fires in our bones were hot enough break the links that tied the chains of the memories of our dead brothers. He would not tell us if the fires were hot enough to melt the chains that had curled themselves around our necks. When dusk came, it came with rain. I saw farmers, my father's friends crying. It might have been only them who knew that a rain of bombs does not grow crops. 4 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: He Would Not Tell Us by timpaker(m): 11:14am On Aug 03, 2017 |
If I were him too (God forbid) I won't tell. |
Re: He Would Not Tell Us by danbrowndmf(m): 1:39pm On Aug 04, 2017 |
llaykorn:bro gimme ur number |
Re: He Would Not Tell Us by llaykorn: 1:18pm On Aug 08, 2017 |
danbrowndmf: Dan Bee, how far? 09056187226 |
Re: He Would Not Tell Us by TheSCRYPT: 6:17am On Aug 21, 2017 |
A rain of bombs does not grow crops. ![]() |
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