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Quietly

by Fush Moss

March 13, 2017

 

Quietly we invade the dark of night,

our great country to honorably serve.

We fulfill our mission without reserve.

Quietly we snatch away many lives.

 

Quietly many sustain unseen wounds

from the hell we observe and we inflict,

during what some refer to as “conflict.”

Quietly “conflict” is used to delude.

 

Quietly warriors succu...

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by Fush Moss

March 12, 2017

 

Like untamed, ravenous beasts attacking

a spindly-legged, weak, helpless gazelle,

the bullets tore through their flesh bushwhacking

organs, muscles, and tendons all to hell.

 

Like all the kings horses and the kings men,

our job was to patch humpty dumpty up

for transport, dodging bullets now and then,

never knowing how the war...

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Combat Poetry

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