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2026 Letter from the Road EN

Someone with a Green Watering Can

He was killed here and buried in a village two miles away.  It’s shown in the document I’m holding in my hand. They told me he was killed by a German sniper. The hills around here, the barns and the bell towers are perfect positions for snipers.

Reflections
2025 Letter from the Road EN

Unread

Do they feed her?

I was staring into the big olive eyes of a very cute but skinny dog with a visible ribcage. She was friendly and excited, wagging her tail.

Reflections
2022 Letter from the Road EN

There is no Escape

We see a girl with a Russian passport in an airport passport control queue. Her nails are painted yellow and blue. An old Italian hangs a Ukrainian flag on the balcony in glamorous Positano. There is an inscription on a wall with graffiti that the local punks think about Putin in dirty Naples.