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War - 0065 - Current Version

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When men pl[a]y war worn waisted women pale,
wasted water drops, leak plops through shattered pail.
Civilians, weak, weep, wail, still ills assail,
harms way, mines, undermine calm's shell-shocked tale,
physicians, profiteers, have arms for sale.

(20 September 2008)

Jonathan ROBIN

Monday, April 16, 2012

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Initial version written 23 March 1975 revised 20 September 2008. The number in the title refers to the chronological order of the first version unless the poem was omitted from the original list and rediscovered. Revised versions retain the initial number.

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