Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Death to War Metaphors - poem

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Death to War Metaphors

No soldier nervously checking his magazines at dawn
Whispered that it was just like catching pneumonia
No soldier collapsing over his dying pals
Cried that it was as bad as working in a grocery

No soldier on that thousand-mile front in Russia
Thought that it was like missing graduation
No soldier drowning when his landing craft sank
Screamed that it was just like having to self-isolate

No soldier dying in his own blood and vomit
Agreed that it was like wearing a surgical mask

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