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Colleagues

Colleagues

I heard from my friends about

Their trip to Europe

My cat friends listened with

Me

We enjoyed the stories

Though they’d rather have their bowls

And I was a soft touch for them

While Mom and Dad

Had been away

But life returns to older ways

And all are here

I’ll see the images, go home

I’ll think about my parents

For some reason

How it was not

Easy

And, if vicarious,

The family I attend to

Now

Only tussles over

Unimportant things

So that negotiations never last

Because remembrance is

For

All the needful things we keep

C L Couch

Photo by sarandy westfall on Unsplash

July 31, 2019 0

Armistice

Armistice

A hundred years ago

Europe was ablaze

An awful fire, open-pit

Like southern

Soldier picking

North Africa, western Asia

Cut into with blunt

European, Turkish knives

As if

The lands were

Burnt meat

Now the USA is adding

Fuel to the fire

My grandfather a soldier-stick

Serving with muscle and courage

And fear

(I’m guessing about the fear, for I never

Saw if in him)

Then all elevens,

And it’s over: fire tamped

Ashes rising, setting on new ground

Of anger and reparation

Peace rendered ironic

Buckets of grave dirt

Thrown against

Walls of retribution

Against which

New shadows will rise

C L Couch

(National Geographic Society)

November 11, 2017 1

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