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Laura Kasischke
TORTURE
From the Latin, torque: to twist.
The infliction
of it, as
well as the experience of
its
infliction.
Rumors, thunder
rumbling, some
wild applause in a small
auditorium
after a child’s
terrible
performance.
Or the detonation
of a bomb.
The hiss
of a missile.
“The ground
shook, but we
didn’t feel it.”
No one was killed.
No matter what they did.
No one survived
no matter where
they ran or hid.