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Tag: conscience

For Forty Years of Peace

My enemy sleeps
a tent-peg through his skull.

I am blessed for my deed
while his mother wails

Are they not finding and dividing
the spoils of war?

and this blood drowns
the voices singing—

I have no more heart
nor sleep.


Posted on September 16, 2015September 18, 2015Categories PoetryTags Biblical, conscience, death, Gargleblaster, history, human21 Comments on For Forty Years of Peace
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