Art 2003

Art meets war

Make the battlefield a canvas,
with great splashes of red paint.
The silent slice of the knife;
a precise brush stroke.
Throw grenade-grey across the landscape;
make an artistic overkill.

Yellow flashes here and there,
flash, bang, flash, bang.
Brown lumps of flesh scattered on the ground,
White lines stood proud.
Colour versus colour,
Creed on creed.

Breathe deep the noxious gases
that make you swipe at the canvas.
Tear it down in disarray,
and shed your tough khaki jacket.
Grab the red, white, and blue.
Fabricate a flag on your chest.

Draw 50 stars and 13 stripes,
and don't forget to salute yourself;
there is no glory in the art of war.

Author's Note

Picture is by the lovely Flameboy