The Civil War Poem by Edwina Reizer

The Civil War



What in the world is a Civil War?
There's nothing civil about it.
Is it just a metaphor?
You say one thing and mean another.
You take up sides and kill your brother.
And that my friends
is civil?

Edwina Reizer
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Topic(s) of this poem: brother,metaphor
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LAKEWOOD, NJ
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