Dead Eyes
Children’s faces stare
Blank and calm
Children’s small hands
Raise Kalashnikovs
Children's thin fingers
Squeeze their triggers
Flying hot metal
Rips flesh
Breaks bones
Gunfire drowns out the screaming
Hatred drowns out the screaming
Closed minds drown out the screaming
Death drowns out the screaming
Smoke curls and drifts
Dust and ash settle
Dead eyes stare
The dead eyes ask
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Monday 13th April 2009 2:32 pm
Different Dad
By day he looks like your dad
He acts like your dad
He even thinks like your dad
But my dad
My dad is different
He’s not one of us
Come the darkness
And the moonlight
He changes
Its in his blood
And it gets worse
He’s not like the regular
Once a month
Full-moon
Werewolf type dad
Changing for just one crazy night
Or the beer drinking
Once a week
Friday night with the lads
H...
Wednesday 4th March 2009 11:13 pm
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