Against the war
War notes,
Thoughts that from the front darkened by waxy flashes and congealed blood escape death and recreate old enmities and chains of inhuman figures.
War it is.
A word a bullet.
Not the same.
War it is.
Pacifists oblivious to the curve of time
and irredeemers applauding the purifying fury,
foretaste the joy of the righteous.
There is no justice,
horror becomes acclamation.
There is no logic in the smoke spirals and deaths
of ordinary bistro narrators.
War it is,
because war must be.
Calming the spirits of the righteous
burying scattered consciences of the short century.
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Written on July 05, 2022
Submitted by franco.cilli59 on November 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | aBcdBefgghiaBfgf |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 588 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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