bison, mouflon, and red deer
roam the Pavlohrad plant grounds
trucked in to prove disarmament
safe for living beings
they thrive, we thrive
the maxim of the plant
which decommissions
armaments
abandoned
by soviet dissolution
great kilns liquify
petal mines
the size and shape
of children’s toys
into explosives
which clear tunnels
for Donbas coal
now rumors circulate of storks
plucking new-seeded petals
from churned earth, thinking them food