Sunday, June 27, 2010

962. THIS JUST IN

THIS JUST IN
'They took our documents at the border,
stripped us bare and made us lie down in the
marsh. There must have been maybe 70 of us.
I think I alone survived. One after the other, they
took us away and then, as I said, made us
head for the marsh - we were all crouched and
scrunched together, and then - somehow - they
just began firing. The sounds were horrible -
gunfire, screams, groans and grunts.
Then it grew, very slowly, silent.
I guess I survived by being
under everyone else, and -
though they tried to check -
no one found me alive,
until you did.'

1 comment:

Claire Vimala Anderson said...

Wow!
Surprise ending.
Hits ya in the gut... tho the bullets didn't.