broken

31 Jul 2014

broken

world is broken in so many ways
though weapons are working
perfectly fine
precisely hitting
ordinary targets deemed
to be harboring
neither aspiration nor dream

we’ve heard this story retold
ad nauseam
seen it played out in theater
(time and again)
two-bit actors slaughtering
their lines as directed by
apocalyptic producers
feeding on senselessness

july two thousand fourteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Poetry, War Poems and tagged poem, poetry, senseless, war

10 thoughts on “broken”

Millie Ho on July 31, 2014 at 8:48 pm said:

Fantastic imagery, J! The world is an incomplete jigsaw puzzle.

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- j matthew waters on July 31, 2014 at 10:04 pm said:
  
  A puzzle indeed, Millie – thank you
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on August 4, 2014 at 8:18 am said:

It’s hard to mend what’s broken with precision blasts that break apart—

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- j matthew waters on August 4, 2014 at 12:09 pm said:
  
  Precisely!
  
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Mike on August 5, 2014 at 8:43 pm said:

The only thing that has changed is that the technology has become more efficient at slaughter. Well writ.

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- j matthew waters on August 5, 2014 at 10:46 pm said:
  
  yes, we’ve been quite efficient for a very long time – thanks for visiting here again
  
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Wordifull Melanie on August 8, 2014 at 5:55 pm said:

Yes, at destruction we are working fine.

This would be a welcome submission to A4P…I know…just nudging 🙂

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- j matthew waters on August 8, 2014 at 9:12 pm said:
  
  Thank you, Melanie. I appreciate you visiting here and spreading the word on twitter and the like. I will be visiting A4P again soon….
  
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- j matthew waters on August 9, 2014 at 7:57 am said:
  
  I now have the “Artists4Peace” logo on my blog sidebar.
  
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  - Wordifull Melanie on August 9, 2014 at 11:40 am said:
    
    🙂 Yay! I look forward to seeing your submissions over there.