A patriot in a bulletproof vest Asian tigress, and a brave Kazakh kitty, purrs quietly sneak up, meanwhile fear of enemies as the holiday approaches. Body armor factory fragile girl built national glory and honor You, Madina, deserve it. Volunteer veterans A battalion is born from former police officers, wear a chevron take the patch and medallion. Training ahead blood, sweat, and loss, shame, I’m in a warm bed. As small children, we played war Wooden bow, arrows, and gun the knife is near a belt, once, our childhood was full of fun. We ran through the fields with a village’s neighbor taking a sword, a painted shield without adult worries and labor. Time has passed harsh life befell our fate, Russian missile strikes are mass, the heart cherishes pain, I hate...
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Vyacheslav Konoval is a Ukrainian poet whose work is devoted to the most pressing social problems of our time, such as poverty, ecology, relations between the people and the government, and war. His poems have appeared in many magazines, including Anarchy Anthology Archive, International Poetry Anthology, Literary Waves Publishing, as well as translated into Spanish, French, Scottish, and Polish languages. He is a member of the Geer Poetry Group (Wales) and a member of the Federation of Scottish Writers.
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