Inglorious Destruction 5



Warrior's objective
Beatifically pursued
Slaying becomes justified
As chauvinistic honor
The conscience seared, unspeaking
"An enemy is human"
The child sees the corpse of man
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 169
Words 25
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7

Wallace Dean LaBenne

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