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APSINTHION

APSINTHION
What did I do in the war?
Son, I watched a download bar
and drank the last thing in the house.
I ran the show on meshugaas
the way some ancient dynamo
we couldn't replace would only go
on walnut oil or cherry must.
My poems sucked. My guitar grew dust.

But when we heard the star would fall,
did we choose to die like sheep?
Hell no - we were men, and blessed to know the hour and place...I jest.
One by one we fell asleep
and that is how they found us all.

by Don PATERSON, in "LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS", Volume 37, Number 15, 30 July 2015

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

(1st edition, 2015; 2nd edition, 2019)

E. Adam G., Elbertinum, Patrice Leydier, cammino and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
...I would say, an ironic poem...
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Patrice Leydier!
5 years ago.
 Elbertinum
Elbertinum club
Ich habe viele Soldaten, junge und ältere nach dem Krieg kennengelernt - Die Jüngeren sagten - Hitler hat uns unsere Jugend gestohlen - die Älteren sagten - der Krieg hat uns grausam gemacht - es hieß nur: "Ich oder du - wer zuerst schießt, bleibt am leben "
für alle Soldaten war der Krieg eine Realität kein Gedicht -
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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...the war is inside human nature...if there are two men, soon or later, there will be a war...
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, E. Adam Galehr!
5 years ago.

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