Thursday, March 19, 2020

Dog Tags Somehow Remain - a virus-free poem

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com


Dog Tags Somehow Remain

I didn’t take off my dog tags for a long time
How long? I don’t remember now – but long
It was as if they had always been there:
Name, service number, blood type, religion. Me

All the Navy wanted to know about me
If I were killed up some river somewhere
Some creature having then eaten my eyes
And then more of me, the tags would remain

A beaded chain, dog tags, a crucifix
Hard to let go then, hard to let go now

2 comments:

wk kortas said...

Pungent and poignant; may the Grace of God be shining particularly bright on your corner of the world.

Lawrence Hall, HSG said...

Thanks.

Amen. And on you and yours.