Assume battle positions:
each gun states its conditions
for damning to perdition
those it slams with derision.
The war horns sound, confounding
the loud screams, so dumbfounding,
as drums and jackboots pounding
start death’s song wild resounding.
The chaos, so deceiving!
What valorous achieving
can come from man’s believing
that battle’s won by grieving.
1 FEB 2017
