STEM

Following the knife,
a spot near
the by-pass
haemorrhaged to form
a clot of colour,
as people brought
cards and
teddies and
flowers.

The operation over,
they slackened
and removed
a useless tourniquet
of yellow ribbon,
scrunched and rolled,
bagged and wrapped a
ENE//POLICE CRIME SCENE//POLICE CRIME SCENE//POLI

Chris Major

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