The Soldier by The Marchioness of Dorchester (circa 1625 during the The Anglo-French War )

The Soldier

by The Marchioness of Dorchester (circa 1625 during the The Anglo-French War )



A suitor bold and handsome once arrived

Twas early in a day unspent

A proud soldier on horseback,

A burning wish to vent


‘In courtly dance I wield mine mighty dart’

Said he, appearing finely dress’d

In polished armour

His lance

Colossal,

For this quest confessed.


‘With quivering heart, I seek my lady fair,

Her gaze, the target of my fervent plea’

Said he

Such chivalric pursuit was indeed

Beyond compare

His lance, a beacon of….

Virility.


‘Yet, not in war, but passion's grand display,

I wield mine

Shaft,

Erect, a symbol of desire

To pierce the veils that shroud love's subtle play

In earnest yearning

To set your heart afire.


Behold, mine love, this lance of passion true,

A token bold, my heart laid bare for you.


Would mine lady touch my lance

Before I leave

Tonight

for France?’




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 The Angry Men 

So proud and strong

Upon the Backs of 

Of the Weakened throng

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  Mummy, they’re killing children again

Mummy, they’re killing children again

I saw blood on TV this morning 

over coffee

brown swishing fluids, 

shit and limbs and blood

the new milk 

for breakfast

Mummy, they’re killing children again

I saw men

Big

Strong

Powerful men

camouflaged in decency

a coverup so sinful

they closed their eyes

as the guns took fire

into the tiniest of beating hearts

Mummy, they’re killing children again

I saw homes

razed to unsafe grounds

where the rats now know

they are no longer

the vermin 

of the earth’s war tapestries

hung so proud

on the walls of the victors

Mummy, they’re killing children again

I saw mothers wailing

their pain so deep it 

ejected

their wombs,

laid bare their eggs

like a feast for the 

soldiers 

of hate

Mummy, they’re killing children again

when will they come 

to take us

to rape us

deny us

a life once promised by

a God we can no longer find

a God who does not see us

a God who does not 

hear our grief

Mummy, they’re killing children again

in front of my eyes

the bodies pile high

over breakfast

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the ghosts appear

they never left

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crazy mad, 

and glad

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errors too loud

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