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War machine

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life

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Rat-a-tat-tat

Boom, boom...

Boom ...the big ones 

Create blast waves... bursting eardrums... 

Liquifying grey matter ...forever... 

locking fear of ...death... 

In a holding pattern... 

Big guns ...breathing fire... 

knocking people senseless

for hours, days ...weeks... 

 

Send showers of molten metal ...forth...

Hear the bombs drop... screaming death 

All below... seeking shelter... 

But there's simply nowhere to hide... 

So you open your mouth ...holding your breath

Smoke, dust... smell of burning flesh...

Sniper rifles ...pop, pop, pop

War planes that fly so high ...tiny dots up in the sky

Machine gunners line up their sights

For somebody ...on both sides of the battle

Gonna be hell to pay

Everyday... but, tonight... 

Lifelines ...will be erased... 

Newbies come ...big ideas, still dominate 

Brave words ...hide the fear of shame 

Newly issued guns ...virgins to the killing game

Releasing the safties from their guns

Firing a few test rounds

They race ...into the battlefields 

Quickly waste rounds ...for effect... 

Then, rushing ahead ...they embrace their destiny

Rolling the dice  ...to whatever end it may be

Beat the war drums ...here they come

All you wanna be heroes ...running blindly ...into death

The big top circus is in town

Hurry, hurry step right on in

...come and get some 

Time ...to git down... 

Sons and daughters

Park your dreams

Time to…

Fight

 

 

C2

 

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mlowe5 says:

Powerful Charles2...powerful. Great word play full of sensual imagery...can not only see and feel...but also smell the firepower and stinch of death! Ah, raises contemplative thoughts of the present "war" where we are called to "peacefully" and "votingly" park our dreams and fight. Thanks for the share. Peace and Love, mlowe.

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Charles2 says:

Parallels...

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