WAR
Posted by Ian McAdam on February 7, 2013
Scrap of paper theology,
religion of an army saint,
a martyr,
the kind of man’s man
fit and fast,
frustrated by
politic lethargy,
knots of democracy,
merits of theocracy,
pace of meritocracy
two faces profile
urgency of life,
lust
lust for satisfaction
victory
hero worship
medals
dust that parches the back of the throat
codes and coda
and secrets entrusted under pain of
humiliation in incarceration
derision
war
with demon urgency
escalates
no god would want
this,
poppies are ironic
oh, no.
the bread
and butter
demands it.
Cigarettes are dead giveaways.
But nicotine is a distraction.
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