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Poems - Casualty detail

Casualty detail

by Essex68

The air is thick, the crater red.
Everything is spread, smouldering torsos.
Limbless and dead.
“What a fucking mess”

Now the jigsaw begins, we called it
casualty detail.
Body bags and heaving guts, if you found
all your friend you were in luck.
But arms and legs all look the same when
They’re not attached.

You might remember a wrist watch, or a
certain try kicking calf.
We found young Daniels forearm
forty yards away.
We knew it was his, he had a tattoo, just a heart
and the words “Love you mum”

W R Baker

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Re: Casualty detail (Score: 1 )
by deepali on Friday, January 13, 2012 (03:47:19)

sad and hitting...
you're so versatile, three super poems evoking different emotions and all so well.
D.

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Re: Casualty detail (Score: 1 )
by Essex68 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 (07:27:44)

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Re: Casualty detail (Score: 1 )
by Zbird on Friday, January 13, 2012 (13:55:20)

oh wow! such power in those words and such hard hitting words at that! the stark reality of war.

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Re: Casualty detail (Score: 1 )
by Essex68 on Saturday, January 14, 2012 (07:29:45)

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Re: Casualty detail (Score: 1 )
by starstruck13 on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 (14:47:57)

wow it is bad when body parts are laying around a good poem you did great in details

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