Minister of our coming doom, preaching
On the car radio, how right
Your Hell and damnation sound to me
As I travel these small, bleak roads
Thinking of the mailman's son
The Army sent back in a sealed coffin.
His house is around the next turn.
A forlorn mutt sits in the yard
Waiting for someone to return home.
I can see the TV is on in the living room,
Canned laughter in the empty house
Like the sound of beer cans tied to a hearse.
- Charles Simic
Godspeed, soldiers.
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The Day After - A post I wrote the day after the Sept 11 attacks. | Stone - Another awesome poem by Charles Simic. |
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