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Created blind, He is a figment of A fractured mind; An eager benediction Of an army simile. Uniform engendered, He commands his post Content to toast The dying score In the order of a day. Unfazed, he is a prodigy Of his President, his King. He listens second only To the pulsing beat Of marching feet. The sightless sounds Of fighting men Will follow him, even As the canons fire Across the border walls. Even as the Women weep for all Who lay between The songs of streams And sobs of hell While the blessed Priests profane The conquering with Laurels to the victors Given in His name. Oh, what a thrill, Is it not, to be One more soldier Content in the eclipse Of...Of which war? Sandy Lulay, originally from Woodstock, New York, is a resident of Stuart, Florida. Lulay is an "Original Woodstock Girl" who has been writing poetry since age ten. Many of her poems have been published both in Woodstock and Stuart's Sleeping Bear Review. This poem was composed in 95 when a friend of the author joined the Marines. Please, DO NOT steal, scavenge or repost this work without the expressed written authorization of Swans, which will seek permission from the author. This material is copyrighted, © Sandy Lulay 2001. All rights reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. |
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Poems and Essays published in 2001