What The Padre Heard In Guatemala Poem by Glenn Bagshaw

'I told her that I loved her? True!
But Lord a man must scheme for fun...
And now the war, what shall I do?
The spur of life just makes one run! '

'He said he loved me. I loved him.
The baby's coming in two weeks.
Life struggles most right at the rim
and Miguel spilled where blood just leaks.'

'I was born in war some years ago.
My father dead. We fought to live.
Dull women help- say 'love', you know-
Word sends the surge sweet cake can't give! '