Short Luzon Poems
Short Luzon Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Luzon by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Luzon by length and keyword.
Cold War Clientele - Benguet Province, August, 1978
My thumbs pressed on the trigger.
The M-2 bucked its load.
I squinted down the barrel
And watched his head explode.
An early morning ambush,
A steaming Luzon hell,
For Ferdi and Imelda,
Our Cold War clientele.
The mission was generic:
Suppress the NPA*.
It didn't really matter
Just who got in the way.
I carried out my orders
And did what I was told,
But Christ, the kid I wasted
Was only twelve years old.
*New People’s Army – a Maoist insurgency...
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luzon, dark, war,
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