& all the 32,293*, by reuben woolley

we drown in their sick
sympathy

easy.tell them
the waves are not as cold & here

at least our bones
can stretch a goodly
fathom

where green skies
fill with fins there is
no church to disturb

the waves
we’ll raise a pretty storm
on all their mooring

sleep now / let our
deaths strengthen

deep
we’ll keep our names

* https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-newspaper-refugees-migrants-names-published-died-europe-try-reach-33000-people-a8047756.html

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