I saw the bomb map yesterday,
before I was exploded:
paper-bag-brown tags like a deflated concertina
litter the streets
spatter the battered past
like lost letters, sorted but
no longer expected
And ghosts, too –
captured light emerging
from another dimension
displaying the precision of chance –
one house totally destroyed but
still attached
to its untouched neighbour
Gazing at the tragedy, I know that inside me there is
something in ruins too,
something destroyed,
but next to it – on the outside –
something standing firm,
looking good
No map could track this disaster –
only something miraculous
coming down from heaven
healing the rift in history
I shift from one foot to another
desperate to stand in a safe spot
praying for precision
in my favour