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Dark Poetry #3

Slow news day,1968

paladin

Senior Member

since 2001-08-05

Posts 930
Pensacola,Fl.

0 posted 2001-08-12 03:34 PM

Anchorman: There's not much news about the
war in Viet Nam.....
On the delta: We first saw them as we made
a turn in the river....
Anchorman: Our forces continue to patrol
and find little resistance....
On the delta: They were tied spread eagle
to the trees on the bank....
Anchorman: Casualties were at a all time low....
On the delta:They had been cut open
from their chins to their groin....
Anchorman: More news after this commercial.....
On the delta:Clouds of flies swarmed
in the cavitys of their bodies....
Anchorman: Peace talks continue to be
stalled in Paris.....
On the delta: The genitals had been crudely
hacked away.....
Anchorman: Let's go to the weather forecast....
On the delta: We cut them down,bagged them
and stacked them on the deck....
Anchorman:That concludes this evenings news....
On the delta:There it is.....

paladin

[This message has been edited by paladin (edited 08-12-2001).]

citizenx
Member

since 2001-07-31

Posts 189
motorcade

1 posted 2001-08-12 04:25 PM

Robert,
one small thing "bodys" should be "bodies"
that is it. That is my only problem with the poem, other than that I really like the constrast between media and reality. well put, the last is quite powerful "there is it". enjoyed the read.

shadows flicker sweet end tame
dancing like crazy mourners" magazine

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2001-08-13 11:59 AM

Split-screen news. If only once we would really see it this way on TV, perhaps the true face of war would be revealed, and not the whitewashed version we usually get. I still remember the photo of the young person running, burnt (from napalm?)...it's an image of the real face of war. Thanks for revealing the truth, in contrast to Hollywood-Government pseudo-news.

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2001-08-16 05:59 AM

Interesting paladin....James

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