Goats

Based on something I did and shouldn't have.

Goat skull splinters open
Brains fly like after burner mist
Tangled in razor blade wires
I was to close to miss
Tar shack outhouse mascarade
The Commandant's icey stare
What were we doing in this place
Did anyone even care

Author's Note

It happened in the shittyist place on earth, Afghanistan. This sick ass goat kept coming around our base and getting tangled in our wire (fence) so we had to go out, get it untangled and repair the damage. Finally the goat pissed me off so I shot it. The local elders got wind of the incident and made a big stink about it and I got into a shit load of trouble. For shooting the sorryest looking goat you'd ever care to see. It was a low point in my time in the corps

Reviews

[AYVID N]

Quaint places strange peeves! But you should have restrained yourself in such a dangerous place Baby! (For your own safety)

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you for the review

[chandlerl]

Good imagery.

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[Annabelle Lee]

just to be fair. i probably would have done the same. but then again, how would I know

[Baby Ricochet]

Possibly. Thank you for the review Annabelle

[Annabelle Lee]

of course

[Corset]

We all do things we've done and shouldn't have, but they don't all make great poems do they :) gj

[Baby Ricochet]

Thank you

[Marie]

What's a sorry looking goat to one person is the family pet to someone else.

[Baby Ricochet]

Something like that

[SamanthaMarie]

I would think when you are there for so long, the reason you are fighting becomes a blur. Then, you do it to do it, and it's just another routine. You find things to entertain yourself, or to get the aggression out. But, nothing to be ashamed of.

[Frieda P]

Gory and a bit disturbing Baby, I don't know what else to say...the imagery is spot on. You have my attention that's for sure.