inside Putin’s pockets
they arrived by boat
and once docked
the boat imploded
was it a staged event
or a sad accident
rumors circulating
the number of deaths
underreported due to
understaffing
the pandemic
the supply chain
you name it
those who made it
were no longer
themselves
(no longer boat people)
merely survivors
relearning how to live
(and let live)
on foreign soil
april two thousand twenty-two
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