For Cindy Sheehan and the residents of Camp Casey
image: A seriously injured Iraqi man is rushed away from the scene of a massive suicide car bomb explosion targeting a U.S. military convoy, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi government officials say 5 civilians were killed with over 10 injured. It was not immediately known if there were any U.S. military killed or wounded in the attack. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdullah)
Cross-posted at DailyKos, Booman Tribune, European Tribune, and My Left Wing.
image and poem below the fold
You’ll Live, But I’ll Not…
by Anna Akhmatova
translated by Yevgeny Bonver
edited by Dmitry Karshtedt
You’ll live, but I’ll not; perhaps,
The final turn is that.
Oh, how strongly grabs us
The secret plot of fate.
They differently shot us:
Each creature has its lot,
Each has its order, robust, —
A wolf is always shot.
In freedom, wolves are grown,
But deal with them is short:
In grass, in ice, in snow, —
A wolf is always shot.
Don’t cry, oh, friend my dear,
If, in the hot or cold,
From tracks of wolves, you’ll hear
My desperate recall.
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This diary series is dedicated to all who suffer because of war
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