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Friday, September 12, 2014

A SQUARE IN RAQQA, SYRIA

by John Guzlowski



ISIL beheads civilians in the city of Al-Raqqa. --Syria Newsdesk


The corpse in the street
Is headless

Flies do their business
Sow their seeds

Nearby a man sells
Tea and cigarettes

There is no place
For irony


John Guzlowski’s writing has appeared in The Ontario Review, Atlanta Review, and Exquisite Corpse.  His poems about his parents’ experiences in Nazi concentration camps appear in his book Lightning and Ashes.