Poem V: Many Fold

By bhi

Fri, 09 Oct 2026

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Poem V · the one who replies in kind

(a mirror poem)

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They began the war from the air. We counted backpacks with bloodstains on them.

We said: We will never bow our head. We raised it, to take aim.

8:15. first lesson. our daughters at their desks.

What they paid us, we have repaid many fold.

[ ] shall not repeat the evil.

re / tal / i / ate: back · suchlike · in kind · suchlike · back

[ ] shall not repeat the evil.

What we paid them, they have repaid many fold.

8:15. first lesson. their daughters at their desks.

They said: We will never bow our head. They raised it, to take aim.

We began the war from the air. They counted backpacks with bloodstains on them.

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An echo is not an answer. The zero cannot be returned.