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# Of War and War and War
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/of-war-and-war-and-war/
- Published: 2022-03-02T00:44:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-21T01:16:48.000Z
- Author: Andy
- Tags: Be The Change, poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

“*When you attack us, you will see our faces. Not our backs, but our faces.*”

\- President Volodymyr Zelensky

Beneath  
a Bougainvillea-laced trellis  
I read of war and war and war  
when I am startled by a sound  
deep and insistent  
like an omen or a warning.

But looking up  
all I spy  
is a hummingbird  
drinking nectar.

Slowly  
I unclench my fist  
and give up the Molotov cocktail  
I had begun to conjure there.

What a shame to read  
of war and war and war.

*March 1, 2022*