Animal Droppings

His old lady was a problem at first But they Shot her with sedatives Like a wild elephant For nearly forty-eight hours.

Later they played her off On the usual ten dollars worth Of medals and laudatory doubletalk.

No other military operation Is carried out with such precision.

He was like a plague, noisy, Depressingly naive and gullible. Tentative, the virgin still, He wandered into choice And so chose to enlist.

Within twelve months he was Ripped apart without grace.

His pieces were clumsily Shovelled together and shipped Back in a green plastic bag.

In his town the air Is thick as paste, The streets ripple As sheets of flypaper.

In its time everything will freeze.