Thursday, February 22, 2024

Violence In Peacetime

An Air Force brat, I was so used to soldiers marching by our house, I hardly noticed.

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How orderly the mower’s sound,
blades mincing, round and round,

the tender blades of grass.
I hear the boots of soldiers pass

beneath my curtained window,
and don’t wonder where they go.