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only squalid leftovers remain:
excavated soil, broken pylons,
poles in the mud, metal cages,
broken wire netting, metal sheets and fences,
splintered wood and wet sand,
Chernobyl, Mostar, My Lai, Bhopal:
behind the eloquence and persuasive words
there lie the bare beams of trade
(promises, I've had enough of them now).