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| At least 19 people have been killed and several injured by a bomb strapped to a girl reported to be aged about 10 in north-eastern Nigeria.—BBC News, January 10, 2015. Photo: NY Daily News |
Weep, weep, weep,
for small fishes in the bay
caught in nets of intricate knots
where they only came to play.
Let fall a tear for hedgehogs
caught in a guileless snare;
duped by an innocent carrot,
and hoisted in the air.
Past cinnamon and saffron,
she glides with modest grace;
bundled nails and shrapnel,
brief inches from her face.
Weep, weep, weep,
for humankind's tragic flaw:
it feeds its tender brethren
into godhood's dimpled maw.
Janice D. Soderling is a previous contributor to The New Verse News.