Study the War

The wars go on
And I have studied wars
Lazy
Of the past
And so far past
Not
To affect my idle service
Much
(1-A did not prevail)
Or really
Much
If anything
Of a life post-war

I do know something
Of big
Heavy blocks
Of strategy
Simplified
Easy
To apprehend
In a chapter
Or an episode

And I can look at
(hear)
The numbers
Then guess how they feel
When a town was there
And now it’s gone

And so do I
Know anything
Of war

I can sing about it
But really
I don’t know
Anything
You know

And could have sung
Before I started
Reading
Ain’t gonna study the war no more
And never starting

C L Couch


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