War is thrilling
Going through all the rituals that preceded a day’s march
You admire the fluid symmetries of troops
Singing “Lemon Tree” as we threw down the parts
A peculiar half step moving from shade into bright sunlight
The trees were thick;it took nearly a hour to cut an IZ for the dustoff
and the booby-trapped 105 round blew him into a tree
The trees were thick;it took nearly a hour to cut an IZ for the dustoff
and the booby-trapped 105 round blew him into a tree
War makes you a man
Everybody’s sweet little virgin girlfriend
To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace
Closed his eyes for a moment and let out a short throat-clearing sigh
It’s astonishing. It fills the eye.
Everybody’s sweet little virgin girlfriend
To generalize about war is like generalizing about peace
Closed his eyes for a moment and let out a short throat-clearing sigh
It’s astonishing. It fills the eye.
War is drudgery
The aesthetic purity of absolute moral indifference
It was still alive, though just barely, just in the eyes
The white bone of his arm
The parts were just hanging there
The aesthetic purity of absolute moral indifference
It was still alive, though just barely, just in the eyes
The white bone of his arm
The parts were just hanging there
A deep pinkish red spilled out on the river
The spiritual texture of a great ghostly fog
The vapors suck you in
The only certainty is overwhelming ambiguity
The spiritual texture of a great ghostly fog
The vapors suck you in
The only certainty is overwhelming ambiguity
Cradled his rifle and went off by himself
Dancing it with short tight stroked of the wrist
His face was blank in the dusk
War is hell
Dancing it with short tight stroked of the wrist
His face was blank in the dusk
War is hell
I like the stories you imply with this. Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the quotes you picked. The way you choice to put them was very powerful. It really has great imagery.
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