O Beirut

Natasha Devalia

for her hips sway

and fingers say

what lips may

from ‘75

to twenty-O-five

for whom explosions

have shattered

the most stubborn

slivers of hope

for her hips sway

and fingers say

what lips may

fast forward

to 2020 -

now she crawls

in the shards

soaked

in her own piss and blood