Grapes of Wrath

(written December 2024)

Poisonous seeds bleed into the earth
where flowers once thrived.
Grapes of wrath fall from the trees.
Drunk on the wine of anger, women give birth to
angry men who raise fists to their wives.
From father to son, mother to daughter, all innocent lambs
searching for a cup of human kindness.
Until they, too, become drunk on the wine of anger.
Mass slaughter.
Innocent victims become caught in the crossfire
as generational trauma travels down the ancestral line.

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