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I see their ghosts ... dancing before me like madmen moon-daubed scarecrows of the corn hurling curses like daggers I see their eyes ... the gleams change to glaze with every considerate nuzzle of the trigger recoil punching my shoulder I see their sorrow ... in a last instant of confusion the tear that will birth a thousand more from the dear ones left behind I see their smiles ... the glow of sensate jubilation for the fiery hell I have doomed myself to a calamitous conflagration, eternal.

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Date: 1/24/2021 11:25:00 AM
A very deep and well presented poem illustrating the emotional costs of war--of killing. A fav..
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Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 1/25/2021 1:47:00 AM
Thank you kindly, mon frere - the first one had an "echo" line in parentheses, and someone felt it would be better without ... I haven't decided which I like better. Blessings! :o)

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