Monday, June 17, 2013

DEFENSE OF SIHANG WAREHOUSE By Alex, age 11











Defense of Sihang Warehouse
By Alex

Shanghai.
October 30, 1937.
Comrades scurry into position.
If I’m not going to fight,
why did I join the 88th Division?
Bombs boom.
Outside, bullets stab cement.
I run out the back
and stare ahead.
Three meters across, I whisper.
I can do it.
The creek cries.
From the opposite bank,
civilians cheer.
I Jump into the Suzhou’s rough waters
And swim.



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