Even for those physically unharmed by the violence, the feeling of needing to watch the sky remains long after the missiles or drones pass overhead.
Just peace, just healing
© Jude Muhsen, 2026
The moon swears she has every fighting chance in the world.
Once a nurse shook my shoulder so roughly that, in a panic, I almost hit him.
I drink your water late into the night and I see everything.
Hope has two daughters
Have You No Shame? © Sri Theyvi, 2025
Arendt’s banality of evil could turn into an asepsis of evil, where ethically debatable human reactions are replaced by AI systems whose procedural operations are designed to be incapable of guilt, moral hesitation, or reflective interruption.
This is the story of every unwanted girl-child, of every daughter a burden to her parents; of every bride shipped off to her in-laws. This is the story of your sole purpose being to get married off…
You had to get your hands dirty to make Sri Lankan food—like fixing a car engine or cleaning out a gutter.
This is where Sentimental Value resists easy judgment. Gustav’s project may be selfish. It is belated. It causes harm. And yet it may also be the only language he has for repair.
I’d be content for a while
stepping around the bodies
