ARDEN 2003 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: art, photography, short stories, prose, poetry, fiction

Scars Diana Best

I remember well

The monstrous pounding of guns

The roar of bombers overhead

The screams of men

The odor of sweat on my body

The smell of gangrene and piss

The stench of death

The faces of men I shot

The bullets ripping through flesh

The bodies piled dead

The hardening of my heart

The scars left unseen.

I remember well the end of the war,

A hollow Victory.

Susan Georgecink

Because you never seem to fail

To trip me up or under table kick my shins,

Your rough demeanor leaves me bearing purple marks

As testimony of your boyish love.

At three, you cracked my jaw

While leaping up impatient with the urge to race away

Outraged, I crouched there panting

At the price of pulling off your socks.

And now I see a time not far

When seldom our two bodies will collide;

Brushed cheeks then will .■•.uffice, not crushing hugs,

Nor ambushed backs nor elbows jabbed in sides.

Abandoned, I'll just hope the wounds I've made upon your heart Are no worse than the recollected stinging of my skin.

T'fie Visit Euginia Bates

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