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| Kim pledges to back Putin’s ‘sacred struggle’ during rare summit —The Washington Post, September 13, 2023 |
See the two men smile
as they shake hands—
clean-shaven, well-dressed,
and well-fed. Comfortable
in their suits under a round
sun, blue sky. Together
they make history, sing,
ride a train. The platform
is so clean. Their shoes
gleam. Never mind that one
red spot the polisher missed,
there by the heel. It is
nothing. It can’t be blood.
W. Luther Jett is a native of Montgomery County, Maryland and a retired special educator. His poetry has been published in numerous journals as well as several anthologies. He is the author of five poetry chapbooks: “Not Quite: Poems Written in Search of My Father” (Finishing Line Press, 2015), Our Situation” Prolific Press, 2018), “Everyone Disappears” (Finishing Line Press, 2020), “Little Wars” (Kelsay Books, 2021), and “Watchman, What of the Night?” (CW Books, 2022). A full-length collection, “Flying to America” is scheduled for release in the spring of 2024, from Broadstone Press.