Life During War Time (*)
They traded blood, bled, leapt hurdled, in war, toiled Thundered subtle, explosions rubble erupt and boils Flanked frigid conditions, crossed covert, admission where seas froze Invaded nation’s capital, caravan arriving in droves Misfit miscreants they flicker like a fire fly they can stimulate the facts til they simulate a lie left the cocoon in ruin, spurned from the flame of confusion tapping the light as a wheel in the spoke promising fire then exhaling smoke. Embracing the action, mere fraction of faction, poised penitent pose In assassins pace, soldiers faced fetid burnt skin loose hue of rose Pre-emptive mental lapse, hands clasped elapsed fast as fingers exposed Attack from treetop canopy lands enemy, as battalions camp quiet below Misfit miscreants they flicker like a fire fly you can stimulate the facts til you simulate a lie left the cocoon in ruin, spurned from the flame of confusion tapping the light as a wheel in the spoke promising fire then exhali