Lineage
no one benefits from malice
over strained bowstring snaps
the arrow takes flight
down the ancestral memory hole
far from anything but
the potential for violence
never a child writes home
from school
to say that she was picked
first for the team
or got a part in the play -
instead we’re left only
with photos of them
in uniform & violence
is our legacy.
Akshr
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