reprisal attacks
questioned at length
what can we do
to prevent these mistakes
this moment
a snapshot
the time is now
dirty fucker, she said
mere merchants of doubt
post-late night caveats
the hour may have had something to do with that
abbreviated form
renouncing ties to a past
too grim, too raw
years later, somewhere in the ostzone
rising from ruins
a paradoxical mindset
too primitive to process
take the last train from neuenhagen
alone in berlin
through years of fear and distrust
writing postcards
one to remember
and one to hear
an uninterrupted broadcast
catalogued names of the dead
on the other side
by the car park
here we kissed once more
where his body was found
by the wall
in his pocket
his brother’s address
employment record
identification card
papers for divorce
‘I Know That Now But I Didn’t Know That Then‘ by Paul Busst is a collection of tales of the diminutive published by Phantom Page and is available in paperback.
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