Questions of War

Kaushalya Bannerji March 2022

getting us ready?
for a flag that is a lie
like all flags?

getting us ready?
for a war that is a lie
like all wars?

getting us ready?
to love
the executioner more than ourslves?

getting us ready?
to watch agape and twisted,
inside knowing there is
some other way

Remedios Varo, Mexico , Bankers in Action, 1960

Questiones de Guerra, Kaushalya Bannerji, marzo 2022

preparándonos?

por una bandera que es mentira

como todas las banderas?

preparándonos?

por una guerra que es mentira

como todas las guerras?

preparándonos?

para amar

el verdugo más que nosotros mismos?

preparándonos?

para mirar boquiabiertos y retorcidos,

dentro sabiendo que haya

algun otra manera

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