Call signs

Images and reflections of a war in a sacred land

        Crackle and pop

        fade in fade out

Frequencies all down and out

Listening for the killing time

Radio signals all call signs

 

        Turbo screams

         Rotors thump

Scared f**k shitless in my bunk

Watch the locals for a crime

Radio signals all call signs

 

        Artillery rounds

      come crashing down

on the oil soaked sacred ground

  tracer rounds light up the sky

   An F-15 goes screeching by

 

           The Bedouins

       They came around

       We patch them up

      We pat them down

They said at night in the desert sky

   You can hear poor Allah cry   

 

      The things I saw

     In that ugly place

     Time won't forget

      Sand can't erase

       And every day

     the haunting time

Radio signals all call signs

 

  

 

 

 

Reviews

[Ama May Cooper]

The repetition in this piece gave a daunting feel to the lines. Increasing the traumatic danger that has been exprienced. Very honest, not distorted by the idea of fantical war heoro's but the true gritty expriences and torture of the sensative mind of the troops. Beautiful

[Freedom's Child]

As always great vivid imagery that really keeps the reader into it. Intense! Great work!

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx man

[Kaylor Mason]

Quite moving

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[Pax]

a hunting words of the past that is hard to erase.
well done in expressing it.

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[Baby Ricochet]

By your words, I was totally there. I do love your rich imagery, and steel writing Babe. You're R.E.A.L. and I like that in people.

Thank you for this heartfelt, and perfectly honest write.
(Familiar with this) but not from these times,
Times of my roots...

Excellently done!


E.L.

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[Patricia B. Hepler]

'...Listening for the killing time
Radio signals all call signs;...

'...on the oil soaked sacred ground...'
'...In that ugly place Time won't forget..'
'....Radio signals all call signs...'


Your style of sharing horrors of war is ...immensely powerful. ~ pat

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[Kenneth The Poet]

I wonder if my brother went through this when he trudged the mountains of Afghanistan.

[Baby Ricochet]

Ask him

[Marie]

You review it all very well.

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

Fantastic! Almost has the cadence of a march of infantry! Great lines that are so vivid and poignant that they can't be forgotten. Love the repetition "Radio signals all call signs".

Great work!

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[TrinityHawk]

A very honest telling .. you don't see much of this. Thanks

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx

[ewest1220]

This gave me chills, very dark great work!

[Baby Ricochet]

thanx