Riot Police – Tanka – A Poem by Anita Bacha

riot police fires 
the demonstrators disperse –
a child left behind 
smoke and silence on the streets 
nobody hears him crying 

Anita Bacha

Dear All,

Above is an imaginative and fictional tanka poem written to the challenge prompt ‘police ‘of Tanka Thursday Prompts in X

Thank you for viewing and reading.

Anita Bacha

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