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UNTIL THE RAIN COMES

Lon Casler Bixby
1 min readNov 22, 2019
Photo by Noam Jordan on Unsplash

UNTIL THE RAIN COMES

FRAIL BODIES SCATTERED

BONES BURIED IN BURLAP

CAMPS FILL

ARMS REACH OUT

LOVED ONES BECOME STILL

FLIES CAKE THEIR EYES

SORROWS FILL EMPTY SKIES

SILENCE BROKEN BY MOURNERS CRIES

STIFF BODIES WITHOUT BREATH

FAMILIES BROKEN

AND DEATH

INNOCENT CHILDREN LEFT TO WONDER

HOLY BLANKETS SHELTER

BLACK SKIN AND WHITE MILK POWDER

IMPORTED WHEAT, GRAIN AND FLOUR

SICKLY SUFFERING

THIRD WORLD POWER

DEATH WAITING FOR LIFE

UNTIL THE RAIN COMES

Lon Casler Bixby is a professional photographer and published author in various genres: Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Photography, & Comic Books.

You can see some of his photography here — www.whileyouweresleeping.photography/ and here — www.neoichi.com/.

See his writing here — www.amazon.com/author/loncaslerbixby/.

And follow him on Twitter @LonBixby and Instagram @neoichi.

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Lon Casler Bixby
Lon Casler Bixby

Written by Lon Casler Bixby

Professional photographer and published author in various genres: Fiction, Poetry, Humor, Photography, & Comic Books. www.amazon.com/author/loncaslerbixby/

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