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World War, Third Movement

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By Cassandra DeBaetsPublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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A Bleak and Pretty Thing

I never hoped for this,

For our music to fail.

I couldn’t see it coming and

What would I do if I did

And I knew and I heard

The drums of war drumming?

Someone dies in every downbeat

In this, the Song of life

I hear the staccato

I hear the tender phrase

Of this, the Song of Life….

Why the staccato?

Why the orchestra of rifles

With the timbre of a knife?

performance poetry
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Cassandra DeBaets

Stuff, and things. Mostly good things.

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