Today’s New Verse News: AFTER WATCHING FRONTLINE'S "PUTIN'S ATTACK ON UKRAINE: DOCUMENTING WAR CRIMES"
by Nan Ottenritter
Ukrainians walk through Bucha, unearth, document, store, and ship bodies, I cry, wonder why, and how such happens. Let’s be honest. I’ve not seen destruction drop from the air, roll through streets, hide in forests, root out the hidden in basements. Deadly games of evil and armaments, and crimes against humanity were addressed at the Nuremberg Trials. Where are the guardrails now? Let’s be honest. If families flee, suitcase in one hand, child and dog in the other, grandmas brave cold subway station nights, white-garbed men count bodies, and an every-person inspires and leads his country, then surely we can figure this out.
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Nan Ottenritter lives and writes in Richmond, VA. Her first chapbook Eleanor, Speak is available from Finishing Line Press.