Short Crosshairs Poems

in the crosshairs
the distant past
almost within grasp


posted on October 7, 2018...

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Aim, fire; with each shot, closer, and closer, to the target's bull's-eye


Date written and posted: 06/30/2018...

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At a bullet’s mark
Crosshairs in the dark

Delivers the force of written words

Ballistics never seen
When pulled is the trigger of the world’s last Mujadin...

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It’s hard to ask the right questions,
their answers easier made

The hammer cocked, the truth in sight
—through crosshairs query bade

(Radnor Pennsylvania: January, 2020)...

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Slow
deep breath
no quick moves.
Brown form alert.
Crosshairs rhythmically bounce on shoulder crease.
One smooth pull shatters silence, blurs vision.
Noble prey down,
tribe well fed.
Thankful
pray....

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Asses and elephants
in the center of 3 rings
kicking and goring at the breeze
the people trampled underneath.
There is no referee...
A gaping hole between philosophies.
A fight to the death
for the blood of democracy
Civil war approaching.

Spit shinning my crosshairs...
preparing for the crazies of the street...

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Sensing impending doom
might be happening soon
a tidal wave comes crashin
straight up typhoon.
urgency upon us
calling out to father
need a savior, he's the one
he runs to help and guide us.
The air gets thicker
time ticking quicker
lights seems to flicker
doctor i feel sicker.
Throat clogging up
grip gets tighter
feeling caught in the crosshairs
yet im still a fighter...

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Grim shadows of strife unfold
death and destruction
they have conquered the enemy
children silenced, doctors mourned
murdered the charity workers
murdered the refugees in churches
masses weakened by hunger's grasp
in echoes of desolation
they won
they killed them all
evil no longer exists
if you're Alice in Wonderland's sway,
illusions blur 
the devils tongue  has had its way
...

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My son's a lone soldier, no one bolder
   than he
Thousands of miles from home and hearth
   an enlistee
That he's strong and brave and daring
   all agree
But we keep asking ourselves 'Why?'
   'specially me  

Posted on perilous, war-torn borders
   he'd be
In the crosshairs of those who'd kill him
   with glee
With my heart in my throat I utter
   this plea
O, Lord, please protect this lone soldier
   from the enemy!...

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The hunter is inside
between the lens and its mirror
where Zen masters prowl
with high powered lights.
The prey is sensed
before it takes shape,
otherwise you catch nothing.
You are in the zone,
mind locked on a digital trigger.
Sometimes
the whole world stampedes
across your path,
more often,
a small curlicue of significance
will trip a sensory wire,
crosshairs will meet,
then for an instant you disappear,
as you take the shot.
...

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Listen to poem:

there is the running
but there's no hiding
the vultures have us
in their crosshairs

the lucky ones will get away
and crawl in empty nooks
under some random rocks

no pride just shame
their dignity belittled
till rendered null and void

sad little men stripped of their pride
self-respect lost in a ditch
somewhere along the way

hearts racing
for all the wrong reasons
in the rubble of mankind



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on April 25, 2022...

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