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How Long?
by Ed Matlack → (All Poetry by Ed Matlack)
  
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Sorry there was supposed to be a picture of the place in this poem, but I cannot get it to upload...damn! ED


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                 HOW LONG?


How long will I stand?
Been here since WW2,
But then I was 600 feet inland,
An under ground bunker, that has seen
its day.


I have stood the test of time,
But now I am an island unto myself,
Surrounded by a fearsome ocean,
I stand only on wooden pilings,
Most rotted away,
But I am still here to say,
If it wasn't for those pilings,
I would be nothing but a pile of concrete &
steel,
A place where fish would make their home,
And come to play...


So now I still stand,
A skeleton of my past glory,
With 15 inch gun turrets,
Covered in seaweed,
So this warning do heed,
I don't know how much longer I'll be standing,
As now I am, for the birds, a landing! 


                                               (ed) 


  


 


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Reviewed by P. Michaels (Reader)
Reviewed on November 29, 2003
Ed,
Are you talking about the bunkers in Hawaii? The ones I saw were on the side of a hill overlooking the ocean. Maybe some were closer to the ocean. Yes, one can't help but wonder how long they will be there.
Good one.

Reviewed by E. Richardson
Reviewed on November 28, 2003
it would be nice if all weapons of war were suddenly turned in more useful things...I liked this, Ed...excellent job.

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on November 28, 2003
Understnad the question. Great write!


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