Soldier Boy, Soldier Toy
Poem. Not sorry.
Left!
soldier boy, soldier toy
you gave all you could
Left!
soldered toy, soldered boy
your grave - all you could
Left!
give for the lie, the ideal
Right!
give to the proper propaganda
Left!
*
Left!
poster life, poster strife
you offered your blood and flesh
Left!
posted strife, posted life
a weak shadow, no longer fresh
Left!
give for the ideal, give for the lie
Right!
give to the proper propaganda
Left!
*
Left!
who's fighting who, who even are you?
who's fighting WHO, UN, NATO, and you?
Left!
for freedom and a moral victory
though the ending is incendiary
Left!
ammunition, guns and bombs non-discriminatory
Right!
trigger pull, order called for a hallow/hollow victory
Left!
*
Left!
they're bad, they're not you
they're evil, they're not we
Left!
the will of the people
is to kill the people
Left!
on the other side
Right!
no good, no evil,
Left!
*
Left!
just left right
just north south
Left!
just on and off
just?
Left!
is it?
Right!
Left!
*
Left!
soldiers see soldiers
soldiers see soldiers
Left!
police see protestors
protestors see police
Left!
people see people
Right!
on the other side
Left!
*
Left!
the will of the people
is to kill the people
Left!
no good, no evil
the right, the left
Left!
the north, the south
Right!
the on, the off,
Left!
the black, the white
Right!
is it just?
Left!
ever just?
*
Thanks for reading!
Author's Notes: I am working on two very upbeat and beautful poems and still working on my Future Fragments entry. But, this screamed out to me. Not very seasonal, but still important.
Also, in line with conversations I've had with Stephen A Roddewig, Matthew Fromm and Donna Fox (HKB), about easter eggs and references. This was sitting, the bones of it, the initial poem that this eventually became, in my WIP for months and months and was inspired by one of my favourite Metallica songs "Disposable Heroes" from their masterpiece "Master of Puppets".
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Paul Stewart
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