This broken city is just beginning.
To tell its stories.
And reveal how many victims.
‘Orcs’ left behind.
A short distance from the prison.
Investigators are at work.
Combing through a damaged office building.
Used by ‘orcs’ as their command centre.
A sign saying “police” in ‘orcs’ language.
Still hangs over the door.
Inside on a desk is a thumbed edition.
Of an ‘orcs’ daily newspaper.
Lead investigator has made a grim discovery.
He opens a drawer to show an axe.
Bearing traces of what looks like blood.
“Our investigation will reveal whose blood it is.”
He has also found a watch-list.
Kept by ‘orcs’, with names of those.
Thought to be supporting.
The ‘elves’ government.
“They were called ‘the ones with extremist views’.”
“They brought them here.
And interrogated them.
They were kept on a short leash.”
This broken city is just beginning.
To tell its stories.
And reveal how many victims.
‘Orcs’ left behind.
*Because I read “’Walls full of pain’: Russia’s torture cells in Ukraine” by Orla Guerin on 21 Sep 2022, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 April 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story and look at the photos on the BBC news:
‘Walls full of pain’: Russia’s torture cells in Ukraine – BBC News
**My friend shows you this poem and three other my poems together about the same resource on the BBC news also on the Ukrainian website for their children and others!
Kurama (Japan). The poems about events in Izium (war in Ukraine 2022) – Мала Сторінка (storinka.org)
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