Checkpoint
︎︎︎ Sam Forster
︎ June 23, 2025
She holds her child
the way you hold
a breath underwater.
The soldier waves them through
with a flick —
not evil,
just practiced.
All violence becomes choreography
if you rehearse it long enough.
the way you hold
a breath underwater.
The soldier waves them through
with a flick —
not evil,
just practiced.
All violence becomes choreography
if you rehearse it long enough.
Sam Forster is a political journalist, war correspondent, and poet from Edmonton, Canada.