by Dmitriy Shandra
Translation by Denis Pinchuk and Bohdan Bondarchuk
Servicemen of Separate 14th Regiment of Armed Forces of Ukraine dig a trench on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region. —The Guardian, November 7, 2023
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We dig trenches too tight to stand and walk in we dig them nights and we dig them mornings and evenings we dig them we are swarm There is death we will tear out its eyes cut out its heart and strangle it with beautiful hair Of The girl from Mariupol The girl from Irpin The girl from Bucha The girl from Gostomel I promise
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Dmitriy Shandra is a poet from Ukraine, Kiev. He is a paramedic of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sad and beautiful