she was more than a photograph
(a One-line Poem response to Harper Thorpeʻs “Leftovers ” on Chalkboard)

image: “Identity Card For Journalists On Dangerous Professional Missions” by F1jmm on Wikimedia Commons
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you are gone
years and miles behind
yet i still can taste you
in the acrid concrete dust
burning oil
the scent of screaming
that haunts my dreams

inspired by “Time Stands Still”, a play by Donald Margulies