reconstruction project
faces in the crowd
shed not a tear
assembled
peacefully in city square
collective expression
somber and lacking fear
clock tower strikes
thirteen times
midday sun hurries
behind dark clouds
hangman arrives
children duck and run
lessons relearned
nobody listening
history unrepentant
brokers exchanging
silver and gold
for black & white city
august two thousand eighteen
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