BY
BATTLEFIELD
EILEEN MALONE
An engraved brass sign proclaims
this field as an historical
battle site
to the rest of us born here
poor and remaining poor
it makes very little difference
what was fought for
or who won
this war happened
because the ones who started it
thought they could win
but it’s the rats and cholera
that won
you already knew
all of this?
of course you did
we are all tourists visiting
one battlefield after another
we all know better
Gyroscope Review 16-4
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