a brief time without soldiers

She was quiet for a long time, it seemed like years,
And I was patient, I knew I could wait her out.
Finally she said, "Every tree on earth is a grave marker
For the invisible dead. You could dig and not find a body,
But the bodies are there. They're invisible bodies."
So that was done. She looked down at her feet
And sort of dug one heel down in the dirt.
"Ja…
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