24 August 2010
Stand-up
This poem is mainly about this very famous photo by Nick Ut of Phan Thị Kim Phúc. She was 9 when the photo was taken. Right after snapping the picture Ut grabbed her and rushed her to a hospital.
Stand-up 8/24
In slow now look at the film reels slapping :
A hose is turned on a crowd
There is no sound, but you can see the mouths opening :
Bodies are enveloped in foam
This is the moment, there are others :
The foam evaporates will
A child running, skin coming off her bones :
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