after the shelling the town looked as if a wrecking-ball the size of Jupiter had been swung from the heavens

after the shelling the town looked as if it had been trampled by gorillas the size of Montana

after the shelling the town looked as if drunken gods had toppled the buildings in some childish game

after the shelling the town looked like plastic surgery done by a blindfolded doctor

after the shelling the town looked like Jackson Pollock

after the shelling the town looked like Detroit with a hangover

after the shelling the town looked like a love affair in a locked ward

after the shelling the town looked like an architect's tantrum

after the shelling the town looked like a government-funded sculpture

after the shelling the town looked serene

after the shelling the town looked as fresh as death