Poem: Combat Veteran
On the battlefield of summer sidewalk
I stoop to observe a battalion of ants
recycling a portly sergeant cicada.
Black winged and battle dressed, a veteran
of war tank toad and blue bomber bird.
I award him a purple heart.
On the battlefield of summer sidewalk
I stoop to observe a battalion of ants
recycling a portly sergeant cicada.
Black winged and battle dressed, a veteran
of war tank toad and blue bomber bird.
I award him a purple heart.