In the war, the play goes on
underground
brother and sister rolled and buried
underground
up above, a gutted building
underground
sacks of jumping children
underground
the dead are staying dead
underground
the war is overhead
underground
is the safest, deepest place
underground
no sound is a dropping sound
(and this is when the courtyard suddenly thunders.)
Cally Conan-Davies is a writer who lives by the sea.