India, May 15 -- Teddy Bear on the War Front

Teddy bear the survivorsat presiding over the rubble of civilization

a debris of fun and play

teddy sat over the cat's skeleton her bones in a pattern a curled cadaver

couches and cushions in smithereens

missiles shredding homes screams shearing walls

throats as nozzles shooting shards

teddy bear the lone survivor no arm around him the skin jellied

his gaze fixed on carnage white buttons gyrate in unseeing eyes

teddy's fur spiked in shock unyielding bristles puncture a million hearts into frothy oceans, salty

tsunami of teddy bears march into war zones

in search of toddlers

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