Statistics-poem by Matt Borczon

Statistics I heard there were 700 child deaths this year in Afghanistan and each one has the face of that tiny girl we buried in Helmand in 2010 they stare into my nightmares through the holes we shot in their sky. Matthew Borczon is a poet from Erie, Pa he has published 6 books of poetry the latest being the Smallest coffins are the Heaviest through Epic Rites Press. He publishes widely in the small press. Poem by Matt Borczon Drawing by Janne Karlsson