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Friday, May 9, 2025

Etchings

 Etchings


What was it lured the babies off to war,

the adolescent wonder fools, at best,

who’d yet to learn the focsle from the floor

and couldn't tell the study from the test?


The military called us to a man

except the privileged few held in reserve,

whose fathers knew the secrets of the plan,

and college students graded on the curve.


Opposed were led directly to the blame,

The dead were on the news before us all.

Survivors had to live or die with shame

for not becoming etchings on the wall.



~ Dean Neighbors ~


*A note: for “landlubbers” 

Forecastle = fo'c·'sle

/ˈfōksəl/

noun 

  • the forward part of a ship below the deck, traditionally used as the crew's living quarters.




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