G.U.N.S. B.O.M.B.S. Mothers and W.A.R.S.

G.U.N.S. Gaza Ukraine Need Solace

B.O.M.B.S. Bring Out Mankind’s Brutal Side

W.A.R.S. Witness All Reality. We Are Responsible.

Mothers live and die in all war torn countries

Mothers give birth and their children die in wars

Mothers mourn over 60 thousand dead children in Gaza

Mothers mourn more than 300 thousand dead Russian soldiers

Mothers mourn unreported numbers of dead Ukraine soldiers

More than a million Ukraine mothers and children fled to Poland

Mothers and adult children flee Russian military conscription

Mothers fear and weep tears. Mothers shed many tears.

W.A.R. War Always Repeating. World Always Repeats.

W.A.R. We Are Responsible. We’re all Responsible.

W.A.R. We Are Rotting. We All Rot. We Are Reality.

Author’s note: the number of dead in the Ukraine /Russian war,

and the Gaza/Israel war changes daily, weekly, monthly. It

depends on who is providing the body counts. Governments tend

to under-report the number of dead. The Red Cross, the United

Nations, and other institutions estimates vary in their numbers.

The above is a prose poem fusion using caustic acronym hymns

in a sonnet form to present a modern-day maternal dirge.

Joey aka “Pepe Batbon” Connolly is a retired educator who taught in the CNMI, NOLA, and LVNV. He is the Poet Laureate of Tinian and enjoys stargazing.