loose strife (Afterward one woman says the killing fields)

Afterward    one    woman   says   the     killing      fields

are           only             three          kilometers         away

and            that          you      can           walk          there.

The     other     woman   says    it’s    more   than    fifty

and      simply      points   to      the     darkening      sky.

“loose strife” (Afterward one woman says the killing fields) from Loose Strife by Amy Quan Barry, © 2015. All rights are controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Used by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.