Drawing on firsthand experience of war zones, Dimitri laconically balances awareness of their appalling damage with hope for the future
It Will Make a Fine Hospital
(from Winter in Northern Iraq)
I had overestimated
the size of the square
in the middle of town
by quite a lot.
But it was still big,
more than big enough
for a hospital.
Two operating theatres,
one of them in a truck!
an emergency room
and maybe eighty beds?
