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for country and god
for kingdom and queen
feeding the fodder
with once on a dream
ideal illusions
of under the sun
eased adaptation
of what have been won
raise me a banner
and dig me a trench
for somebody's folly
please wallow in stench
of blood and despair
for a notion abstract
wielded through words
through a gun
shooting fact
fall at my feet
fall on your swords
words fall
like hammer blown
dissonant chords
caught in an echo
and fading as fast
until
in the end
only orders
last
...
at conflict. I felt a soulessness in the haunting words a killing for sake of the orders alone. The two lined stanzas gave it all an odd feeling, an increased level of aprehension. Well done...
jim : )
I found the spacing a bit distracting - but that's just me. I loved the choiceand use of language.