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the Literary Expression of Battlefield Touchstones ™
ISSN 1542-1546 Volume 03 Number 03 Summer ©Jul 2005


The Last Hurrah


      Now I've heard lies,
      I've heard tales,
      Heard heart-wrenching screams
      And wails
      Stories that pale when you compare
      Make you sigh and gasp for air
      Leave you breathless

      And I don't know
      How it goes
      Nor how we will prevail
      The battle onward
      Leaves a trail
      Leaves some broken without care
      In the paths of destruction

      Father, what's our fate?
      And who decides?
      What awaits?
      The lives that live, the lives that die
      Oh, a mother cries
      He was just a child
      Unfortunate but courageous

      I know the game,
      I know the joke
      Get the final laugh, or go broke
      Drop the bomb, or be gone
      The last hurrah
      The last haha
      The last man standing

      There will always be a war,
      You little ones that I assure
      Don't cover your eyes or your ears
      'Cuz you won't see or hear for years
      And when the smoke clears
      All that's left will be dried tears
      The bereft will be creation


by Louis Crisitello
... who is a student of performing arts, with works previously published in little and underground periodicals, as well as in this literary magazine.



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