Haiti
The ragged edged concrete slab lay tilted
uneasily on the dusty rubble.
Above it heavy layer squatted,
inert but filled with malice,
“don’t mess with me” it sneered.
The young woman stood statue-like,
elegant in her form-fitting black dress
soiled, with a single streak of dusty mud,
a slash from the earthquake’s rape.
My gaze followed her quivering finger
pointing at a bruised dusty bloodied […]
