Military Campaigns Begin

military campaigns begin

between sitcoms and

sporting events, thirty

seconds at a time.

Eisenhower, you clever

general, sellers do solicit

conflict. paychecks

bounce off gun barrels

from conflict-construction’s

body bag black suit pocket.

torture tears at

this fearless leader’s mind

as he is about to fall

which one may expect,

as oil tends to slick

the surface of things.

they keep wars out of our

horizon, so our bombs

don’t erupt with the daybreak,

as they do

in Baghdad.

Re: Military Campaigns Begin

Nice & tight. Strong images. Good economy. Powerful observations well said!

Wren