bluegirl
Bluelighter
Today you thumbed the paper
And reported to me
The imminence of war -
All the proof you needed
Black and white before you.
You smiled and
Shook your head
When I told you
Every night I hear war
Next door at number 15.
You said war isn’t
Problems you can solve
Between the sheets -
War is anomaly, an
Extreme of humanity.
Next door I hear
Different and I know
That war is repetition,
Perennial and indicative
Of who we are.
And reported to me
The imminence of war -
All the proof you needed
Black and white before you.
You smiled and
Shook your head
When I told you
Every night I hear war
Next door at number 15.
You said war isn’t
Problems you can solve
Between the sheets -
War is anomaly, an
Extreme of humanity.
Next door I hear
Different and I know
That war is repetition,
Perennial and indicative
Of who we are.
