George Got His Gun



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Spilled gasoline smell and your view
Terrified — I can see from the metal cage.
How do water drops are kissing and flowing down
hanging around your blonde curls.
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The thought, restlessness
sorrow, love, desperation
All that drills my skull and enters the brain.
Road, dream, tiredness, and fervor of yearning
I became a piece in the dragon’s womb.
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Crawling in the muddy universe
I’m rolling through the memories,
Hypnotized by your heels
as they leave the circle where I lie.
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The tired rain is washing my consciousness
on the shore of a sleepy lake.
While through the bubbles of hope
love gets out the lake huge and slimy
and eats me hungrily and quickly
with the creaking tooth.
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About this poem

This poem is inspired with event when my brother George went to the army. This poem is dedicated to the Mr. Dalton Trumbo and his book "Johnny Got his Gun" (ISBN:9780806537603, 0806537604)

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Written on 1993

Submitted by max_g_wolf on March 25, 2024

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Maximilian G. Wolf

* On January 1, 2022 - Three of his poems ("Acacia Trees," "Bare Souls," and "Rainy Day") were selected and published by "Arczis Web Technologies and PoetrySoup." as part of an anthology book for the year 2022 - volume II "PS: It's Still Poetry." * more…

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