USA Africa Dialogue Series - Collapsing Cenotaph Of Soldiers Unknown By Chidi Anthony Opara

Songs of sorrow,
Shouts of solidarity,
The bugle bellows.
Clump,
Clump
And clump
Of shiny jackboots
On collapsing cenotaph
Of soldiers unknown.
Frames stiffen
In starched attires,
Hands raised
In half-hearted salutes
To brave heroes
Battered in battles,
To heroes fallen.
Graves
Are now graced by grasses,
The body of the battered
Battle with bandages,
They beg for bread.
Songs of sorrow,
Shouts of solidarity,
The bugle bellows again.
Clump,
Clump
And clump.
Salutes,
Siren.
Solidarity
And sorrow
Suspended.

http://mundanemuses.blogspot.com/2011/01/collapsing-cenotaph-of-soldiers-unknown.html

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