This is one variation of an image that haunts me frequently in my dreams.The origins of such visions are the painful incident that happened to me as a young man in Nigeria. I was beaten up by four people for reasons only they know. They had my four limbs under their arm and with their free hands they were pounding me and finally when I was weak and out of breath, the guys holding my arms left their hold and I was held by my legs and my side of the face was on the ground. I felt as if I was under water because my nose and lungs were filled with fluids and I was struggling for air. They held me like that for several minutes till they drop me and disppeared.
This image also brings to my mind etchings by beloved Goya called 'The Disasters of War'.
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