WAR IS A SPECIAL KIND OF POETRY

Whomp  Whomp  whomp  whomp  whomp

the metal bird hovers above the maelstrom

dust dirt debris and blood 

racing and spilling

from high school football to this in one short surreal year

with no time to learn to tell what is real

and what is dream or nightmare

a hard-on is a hardon

war is a special kind of poetry 

free verse I guess

an art whose medium is blood

whomp whomp whomp whomp whomp