boots on & off the ground
so what else is new
I heard someone say
talking to nobody in particular
they were on their own
fully armed & marching lazingly
as if in a trance
local reporters ran
with their camera people
out of breath & reaching out
with their absurd microphones
of course nothing was going on here
it’s just an exercise one said
yeah we’re just exercising
others chimed in
rumor has it the boomers
are to blame for why people are dying
to live on the moon
further blurring the difference
between fact & fiction
much like how
parade routes are now advertised
as just another way out
november two thousand twenty-one
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