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Conundrum
by Dallas E. Pearce → (All Poetry by Dallas E. Pearce)
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An Excerpt from my book, Baghdad at Night, now available at lulu.com

Conundrum

 



A day is a day,

Like all others at last,

With dawn’s final passing,

Breathing Serenity’s last.

Chaos is laughing,

So are the Three,

The clapping, the laughing,

Deaths last reverie.

Sitting and waiting,

Closing the last,

Moments express,

And some of these pass.

Do they go over,

or under,

Listen, they fly close,

Across the veil,

To the other side’s list!

Oh, how you can see them,

Press in your mind,

When the souls fly away,

Leaving bodies behind.

A sudden explosion,

The shrapnel, the dust.

A world that betrays you,

Bereft of all trust,

The cacophony stills,

Heartbeats get faster,

For one can’t predict,

A mortal disaster.

They grind to a halt,

And shoulder their guns,

A damage assessment,

And then it’s begun!

 

The shooting, the yelling,

The screaming and more,

The going through motions,

Of things they abhor.

The anger, the hate,

The lead laden fear,

The question, the answers,

The wisdom and tears.


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 Reviews of "Conundrum"
Reviewed by D Johnson
Reviewed on January 14, 2009
Dallas, a terrible thing to endure and remember. You describe it all quite well.

Welcome to AD
Cheers and peace,
Dan

Reviewed by Gwen Dickerson
Reviewed on January 14, 2009
Very well penned!

Reviewed by Edwin Hurdle
Reviewed on January 14, 2009
An excellent and wonderful written poem.Take care

Edwin

Reviewed on January 14, 2009
Dallas,

What a fantastic insight to the tragedy of war. Very touching.

Mary

Reviewed by Larry Lounsbury
Reviewed on January 14, 2009
You have captured the essence of that place. Wonderful write


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