War

By Linda E. Goodliffe

Stolen

sanity
childhood

classroom

teacher
hummus
art

photographs

home
garden
cow
goat
silver

Fire

skin

IED

arm

RPG

spine

grenade

leg

bunker buster
drone strike
mushroom cloud
burn pit

Rape

gang

woman
child

knife

vulva
vagina
cervix
uterus
bladder
breasts

Feasting

oligarch
cat
dog
vulture

on human carcass

Linda E. Goodliffe has both her bachelor’s degree in English/Creative Writing and her MFA in poetry from Queens University of Charlotte. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her family, which includes cocker spaniels. Linda is a veteran of the United States Navy. She believes the written word is a powerful force, and she hopes her work will contribute to the continued evolution of the human condition. You can find more of her work in the journal Leaping Clear and on her web site, lindaegoodliffe.com.

Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash.