Birthday on February 26- Hole in the Head Review Blog edited 4-1-2022
https://www.holeintheheadreview.com/post/kim-malinowski Birthday on February 26
I do not want to write about war.
When the dead piled up in our ice rinks,
we averted our eyes.
Some crossed themselves.
I knew small acts would save us.
I wrote to the grieving.
I do not want to write about war again
and how militias marched into the Capitol
only a few dozen miles away.
My father watched chaos,
the fight, the mocking, the death.
I knew liberty stood with