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Doomed

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)

They rush ahead

Unaware

They only seal the fates
Of many nations.

Blindly

Hoping to complete
The super weapon

They are hoping
Will reverse

The course
Of the same war

Fought

Over Countless
Generations…

C2


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Written on September 10, 2006

Submitted by Charles2 on October 08, 2023

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Scheme X XA XX XX XX XA X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 239
Words 51
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
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