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A Knock At His Door

a knock at his door signal of war he knows no more arrive at the line cigarette kills the time silence jars his mind bullets float past his head he fancies himself dead meadow's splattered blood-red he chokes, gags and he runs falls to the ground, done glorious victory, hard-won

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Date: 4/29/2021 7:05:00 PM
I was always interested how soldiers in the second world war called cigarettes 'coffin nails.' They were a head of their time. Fine bit of poetry my friend. Stay frosty.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 4/30/2021 9:08:00 AM
Yup. They knew what 'nails' those cigarettes really were. ~ Coughin'

Book: Shattered Sighs