Market Painting, 9/2

A Story by Van Benjamin

Bombing in Davao, Philippines. September 2, 2016

Bodies,
a distorted subjects of
painting�"abstract.
Arms separating the shoulders
A leg that can't walk
Eyes closed
Pumping chest
Cracking bones
Lost bones
Bones cut
Cut every part
cut breath
Cries louder than the bomb
A mother covered in white cloth
white pale lips and colder skin.
Market,
a canvass of a
painter with red paint,
and in a splash,

BOOM!

a bloody masterpiece.