Everyone Was Aware
The boys fell out,
Quelled by violence
A lessening of intensity, now
We covered them with our duffle coats.
Thinking back on it I can see notices in gothic characters.
I no longer had the strength to move,
I lookd toward Hiroshima -
No dish in a restaurant.
We're miles ahead of them and
These are winter's last throes.
Letter to an unknown soldier:
Isn't it fabulous, even if it is Russian flesh?
Propaganda horizon,
For some mourning meant classes,
A last minute stop at the horizontal position of attention.
Tiny echoes, four more escorts:
I climbed the bridge.
The ignorance was mine, criminal instinct of self preservation.
This is forgery,
Hitler had had a closer bond that turned the scales,
A nation and its people.
Time to take.
I remembered suddenly the butt end of his rifle,
Expressionless.
Copyright © Sarah Widenbar | Year Posted 2005
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