Death Smells Like A Four Letter Word Poem by Ted Sheridan

Death Smells Like A Four Letter Word

Rating: 3.5


Napalm gas and white phosphorous filled clouds
explode in cavalcades of predictable burst
Hatchet men with machetes lop off offensive ears
with a deafening silent swish as all bayonets are readied
Sprays of gold and red are full metal jacketed by the breath of a gun
This is how war is done......and I remember
How Death smells like a four letter word.....

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
fanniesson - 16 March 2007

you have it down pat nice read holds you from beginning to end

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Dee Daffodil 24 February 2007

I love the last line Ted...it reminds us that this is all too real... Hugs, Dee

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Alison Smith 23 February 2007

Deeply moving piece... Alison

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