My granny calls me every Wednesday, when she gets to the nearest volunteer’s centre, to tell me that another nearby house got bombed by Russian Grads. “It gets warmer, while it burns,” she says and vehemently refuses to evacuate. “I’m doing fine. My basement outlived Hitler, it will watch Putin rot.”
When I tell foreigners where I live, they go hysteric about the explosions, the absence of basic services and my compelled monk diet. While drinking my coffee in the local cafe, I try to explain that the black hole in the building across the street doesn’t look that bad.
My granny calls me every Wednesday, when she gets to the nearest volunteer’s centre, to tell me that another nearby house got bombed by Russian Grads. “It gets warmer, while it burns,” she says and vehemently refuses to evacuate. “I’m doing fine. My basement outlived Hitler, it will watch Putin rot.”
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Sandra James
26/4/2024 11:28:39 am
That 'rot' can't come soon enough. Thinking of you and everyone in the Ukraine 💛
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Jennifer Duncan
26/4/2024 10:34:51 pm
The spirit of the people remaining in the bombed towns is inspiring.
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david milner
27/4/2024 11:06:53 am
"It gets warmer while it burns." This line is truly poetic. Bless you, Malvina.
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Judith W. Hughes
29/4/2024 08:06:30 pm
The strength of spirit that you capture is humbling. Echoes of Wislawa Szymborska.
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Mary Anne mc Enery
1/5/2024 06:27:42 am
together you'll win!
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Sue Clayton
2/5/2024 06:19:53 am
"We're fine". Two words that don't begin to cover the true feeling of desolation.
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