Counter Battery Fire

Screw the rules of engagement.
Focus on target acquisition.
Fix range and bearing.
Estimate windage.
Calculate time on target.
Battery away. 
Commence fire.
Volley after volley.
Shot after shot.
Insult after insult.
Snide remark follows snarky jab.
Brutal comeback lands with a jolt.
Gas-lit accusations trip the NBC alarm.
F-bombs. C-words. Total devastation.
Just a typical conversation
Over no man’s land in the family room.
In a time of love and war,
All casualties are blue on blue.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Kyser Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 2:44 PM
Great descriptive prose, last line hits! :-)
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June 16, 2022 at 2:55 PM
Thank you.
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