Day 343: The Good Soldier
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where stands the good soldier
when action is done?
when no one has lost
and still no one has won?
when truces have settled
a summarized score
and unwieldy warfare
is wanted no more?
where stands he whose hands
still hold up the steel?
whence comes the accord
that softer men feel?
ready are we
and straight up through the neck –
we tourniquet hearts
and orderly wrecks –
waiting for amnesty,
holding for peace,
that we might enjoy
should our battles cease.
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