War Poems II

And still on the theme of war.

The Dead Wood.

Down here in the long grass

It was hard to tell

Whose side you were on.

You cut through the dead wood

And it was all the same

The medieval look

Both ways.

Couldn't kill you pretty like

Pushing a button

The two edged sword.

Frank Murphy.

Photo: Gormanston Beach Co. Meath.