Thursday, May 27, 2021

Bismarck and Hood - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Bismarck and Hood

 

Pocket knives, love letters, rosaries, wrenches

Pictures of ski trips, girlfriends, wives, and mums

Notebooks, youthful attempts at poetry

Toothbrushes, naughty pictures, candy from home

 

Lockers of toilet paper and light bulbs

Study guide outlines for promotion exams

Spit-shined shoes, the smoking lantern is out

Now battle lanterns and battle stations

 

Death-screamings through the ventilator exhaust

From thousands of teenaged boys forever lost

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