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At The Fortune of War we soak up late October sun,
down craft cider, anticipate the shots to come. The Taliban
have beheaded a women’s youth volleyball player. Hubbub
at slatted tables, joggers blast past, kids happy-screaming,
hipsters on Segways. The Taliban have beheaded a women’s
youth volleyball player. Seagulls dive bomb for chips, smash
plates, glasses, wild applause. The Taliban have beheaded
a women’s youth volleyball player. The beach lies neck
down in pebbles; glint of Sunday kayakers. The Taliban have
beheaded a women’s youth volleyball player. Girls tumble
in borrowed sand — lit up, laughing, aching with life’s endlessness.
The Taliban have beheaded a women’s youth volleyball player.
Claire Booker has published two pamphlets — The Bone That Sang and Later There Will Be Postcards. She lives in Brighton. 21st-century Poetry is edited by Andy Croft, email [email protected].