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Array ( [sid] => 18126 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => No One Came [time] => 2003-05-28 02:05:00 [hometext] => I'm canadian, This poem is about the war on iraq. It's my views on the american views of war. [bodytext] => Someone somewhere somehow insults another.
Blink:
and they are dug in bristling,
gaping barrels pointed at you
and your children.

Trust in logic,
do as they say,
respect authority.

Empty beer bottles linger
outside the administration building,
and they say:
on your honour
(don't you want honour?)
let me brainwash you,
go and tell your children
war is necessary.

And they say:
observe the beauty of these black beasts
we made,
you helped make those raining ashes.

We have power,
let me give you power.
You can kill them all,
their pets and houseplants too.
Let us stand here on the field,
among the grasses that bend
in reverence to us.

And they say:
do you want honour?
Gnash your teeth and go
participate in the dance with death
perfectly justified.

And at last they are done with their talking,
they wait hungrily,
the empty windless field,
all quiet
in reverence to a greater power.

What if they had a war
and nobody came?

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No One Came

Contributed by Baby`Fallen`angel on Wednesday, 28th May 2003 @ 02:05:00 AM in AEST
Topic: MiscPoems

Someone somewhere somehow insults another.
Blink:
and they are dug in bristling,
gaping barrels pointed at you
and your children.

Trust in logic,
do as they say,
respect authority.

Empty beer bottles linger
outside the administration building,
and they say:
on your honour
(don't you want honour?)
let me brainwash you,
go and tell your children
war is necessary.

And they say:
observe the beauty of these black beasts
we made,
you helped make those raining ashes.

We have power,
let me give you power.
You can kill them all,
their pets and houseplants too.
Let us stand here on the field,
among the grasses that bend
in reverence to us.

And they say:
do you want honour?
Gnash your teeth and go
participate in the dance with death
perfectly justified.

And at last they are done with their talking,
they wait hungrily,
the empty windless field,
all quiet
in reverence to a greater power.

What if they had a war
and nobody came?

Copyright © Baby`Fallen`angel ... [ 2003-05-28 02:05:00]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: No One Came (User Rating: 1 )
by norm on Tuesday, 17th June 2003 @ 08:15:51 AM AEST
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your poem is well crafted.
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who can read the minds of man?
i can..oh..I really can,
what I read is emptiness
nothing more..nothing less.

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