Instructing Men On Power Poem by Martin Lochner

Captain Smokey Joe says:

washing dishes
tending gardens
and shining shoes
is all in a days
work...making war
all the same

a packet of wages
hot meals and cold drinks
between two moons
is the requirement

let me instruct you
about earning your
god damn
bread in the kill zone

listen

inflicting a fatality is easy

by simple method and approach

stab at the flesh

penetrate the vitals

by slight movement turn
the blade

extract the bayonet

do not panic

move on promptly

forget about it
lock in on the next target