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What the Good Soldier was Told not to Recall

from Choral Soliloquies (II) by Stephen Mead

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"Mud oozing, miles of inches, come across dog tag, wedding ring, thumb..."

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What The Good Soldier Was Told Not To Recall


Down in the dirt, mud oozing, miles of inches, bodies,
khaki-coated but flesh, close, emitting steam, open wounds
Over which some surgeon warms hands…

Rains, bullets, hit swamp basin silt, limbs
Grapple., grope guns, spill pell mell…
Fingers ripple, black reflections, come across
Dog tag, wedding ring, thumb…

Above copters whoop-----

If photographed, stumbled upon, this would be a document
The saner world salvaged. But

People forget war means taking sustenance, leaving
It orphaned, shell shocked.

Witness it, buddy, give breath
Here in these trenches…
In a minute, leap, jolted
Frog trembling, falling, choking
Unconscious on alien American-stained land.

Afterwards, weeds flower, flourish, the voices
Of souls silenced in asylums homegrown

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from Choral Soliloquies (II), released May 21, 2017
from FreeSound.org, contributors I.D. from site

mixed with Winston Churchill Excerpt, fifties web.com, 214340__cormi__oape-075, soldier cadences mixes clip.dj

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Stephen Mead Albany, New York

A resident of NY, Stephen Mead is a published outsider artist, writer, maker of short-collage films and sound-collage downloads. If you are at all interested please place his name in any search engine in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned genres for links to his multimedia work and merchandise. To order CDs via VISA or PayPal please visit stephenmeadmusic.weebly.com ... more

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